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THE
ONTARIO ARCHIVES
THE
ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY
THE
ENGLISH DIALECT
DICTIONARY
BEING THE
COMPLETE VOCABULARY OF ALL DIALECT WORDS STILL IN USE, OR KNOWN
TO HAVE BEEN IN USE DURING THE LAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS
FOUNDED ON THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENGLISH DIALECT SOCIETY AND ON A LARGE
AMOUNT OF MATERIAL NEVER BEFORE PRINTED
EDITED BY
JOSEPH WRIGHT, M.A., PH.D., D.C.L.
t • t
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
VOLUME III. H— L
522171
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HENRY FROWDE, AMEN CORNER, E.G.
(PUBLISHER TO THE ENGLISH DIALECT SOCIETY)
OXFORD: 116 HIGH STREET
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
1902
[All rights reserved]
PRINTED BY HORACE HART
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NOTE
THE ENGLISH DIALECT DICTIONARY is printed at the expense of JOSKPH WRIGHT, M.A.
of Langdale House, Park Town, Oxford.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
REPRESENTED BY NUMBERS
IT. I.1 — Antrim and Down. — A Glossary of Words in use
in the Counties of Antrim and Down. By W.
HUGH PATTERSON. E. D. S., 1880.
Bnff.1 = Banffshire.— The Dialect of Banffshire. By Rev.
W. GREGOR, 1866.
Brhs.1 = Berkshire. — A Glossary of Berkshire Words and
Phrases. By Major B. LOWSLEY. E. D. S., 1888.
Cai.1 = Caithness.— MS. Collection of Caithness Words.
By D. NICOLSON.
Cmb.1 = Cambridgeshire. — MS. Collection of Cambridge-
shire Words. By J. W. DARWOOD.
Chs.1 = Cheshire. — Glossary of Words used in the County
of Chester. By R. HOLLAND. E. D. S., 1884-6.
Chs.2 = Cheshire. — An Attempt at a Glossary of some Words
used in Cheshire. By ROGER WILBRAHAM, 1826.
Chs.3 = Cheshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the Dialect
of Cheshire. By E. LEIGH, 1877.
•.Chs.1 = Cheshire.— The Folk-Speech of South Cheshire.
By TH. DARLINGTON. E. D. S., 1887.
Cor.1 •= Cornwall. — Glossary of Words in use in Cornwall.
By Miss M. A. COURTNEY and T. Q. COUCH.
E. D.S., 1880.
Cor.2 = Cornwall. — The Ancient Language and the Dialect
of Cornwall. By F. W. P. JAGO, 1882.
Cor.8 = Cornwall.— MS. Collection of Cornish Words. By
T. C. PETER.
Cum.1 = Cumberland. — A Glossary of Words and Phrases
pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland. By
W. DICKINSON. E. D. S., 1878-81.
Cum.2 = Cumberland. — The Dialect of Cumberland. By
R. FERGUSON, 1873.
Cum.3 — Cumberland. — The Folk-Speech of Cumberland
and some Districts adjacent. By A. C. GIBSON, 1869.
Cum.4 = Cumberland.— A Glossary of the Words and
Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland.
By W. DICKINSON. Re-arranged, illustrated, and
augmented by quotations, by E. W. PREVOST, 1899.
Der.1 = Derbyshire. — Pegge's Derbicisms, edited by TH.
HALLAM and W. W. SKEAT. E. D. S., 1894.
Der.2 = Derbyshire. — An Attempt at a Derbyshire Glossary.
By JOHN SLEIGH, 1865.
nw.Der.1 - Derbyshire.— MS. Collection of North-West Derby-
shire Words. By T. HALLAM.
Dev.1 = Devonshire.— Glossary to 'A Dialogue in the
Devonshire Dialect,' by a Lady. By J. F.
PALMER, 1837.
Dev.2 = Devonshire. — MS. Collection of North Devonshire
Words. By W. H. DANIELS.
Dev.8 = Devonshire. — MS. Collection of Devonshire Words.
By Mrs. SARAH HEWETT.
Dev.* = Devonshire. — A Glossary of Devonshire Plant
Names. By Rev. HILDERIC FRIEND. E.D.S.,i88a.
uw.Dev.1 = Devonshire.— The Dialect of Hartland, Devon-
shire. By R. PEARSE CHOPE. E. D. S., 1891.
Dorsetshire. — Poems of Rural Life, in th»-Dorset
Dialect; with a Dissertation and Glossary, 1848.
By W. BARNES.
Durham — A Glossary of Provincial Words used
in Teesdale in the County of Durham. 1849.
Durham. — A List of Words and Phrases in every-
day use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole. By
Rev. F. M. T. PALGRAVE. E. D. S., 1896.
Durham.— Walks in Weardale. By W. H. SMITH
(ed. 1885).
East Anglia. — The Vocabulary of East Anglia. =
By R. FORBY, 1830. Second Edition, consider-
ably enlarged, by W. RYE. E. D. S., 1895.
East Anglia. — The Vocabulary of East Anglia. By =
Rev. W. T. SPURDENS. E. D. S., 1879.
Essex. — A Glossary of the Essex Dialect. By =
R. S. CHARNOCK, 1880.
Gloucestershire. — A Glossary of Dialect and =
Archaic Words used in the County of Gloucester.
By J. DRUMMOND ROBERTSON. E. D. S., 1890.
Gloucestershire. — A Glossary of the Cotswold •=
(Gloucestershire) Dialect. By Rev. R. W. HUNT-
LEY, 1868.
Hampshire. — A Glossary of Hampshire Words «
and Phrases. By Rev. Sir W. H. COPE, Bart.
E. D. S., 1883.
Hampshire. — Isle of Wight Words. By Major =
H. SMITH and C. ROACH SMITH. E. D. S., 1881.
Hampshire. — A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight —
Dialect, and of Provincialisms used in the Island.
By W. H. LONG, 1886.
Herefordshire. — A Glossary of Provincial Words =*
used in Herefordshire and some of the adjoining
Counties. [By Sir G. C. LEWIS], 1839.
Herefordshire. — Herefordshire Glossary. By =
FRANCIS T. HAVERGAL, 1887.
Kent. — A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and —
Provincialisms in use in the County of Kent.
By W. D. PARISH and W. F. SHAW. E. D. S., 1887.
Kent. — An Alphabet of Kenticisihs. By SAMUEL =
PEGGE. E. D. S., 1876.
Lakeland. — Lakeland and Iceland. ByT. ELLWOOD. =
E.D. S., 1895.
Lakeland.— Lakeland Words. By B. KIRKBY, 1898. -
Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect. =
By J. H. NODAL and G. MILNER. E. D. S., 1875-83.
Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Words and Phrases
of Furness (North Lancashire). By J. P. MORRIS,
1869.
Lancashire. — A Glossary of the Dialect of the
Hundred of Lonsdale. By R. B. PEACOCK. London
Phil. Soc. Trans., 1869.
Lancashire. — A Glossary of Rochdale- with-Rossen-
dale Words and Phrases. By H. CUNLIFFE, 1886.
Dor.1
Dur.1
e.Dnr.1
w.Dnr.1
e.An.1
•.An.2
Ess.1
Glo.i
Qlo.2
Hmp.1
I.W.1
I.W.2
Hrf.'
Ken.1
Ken.2
Lakel.'
Lakel.2
Lan.1
n.Lan.1
ne.lan.'
e.Lan,1
VI
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST
m.Lan.1 = Lancashire. — A Blegburn Dickshonary. By J.
BARON, 1891.
• .Lan.1 = Lancashire. — The Folk-Speech of South Lan-
cashire. By F. E. TAYLOR, 1901.
Lei.1 •= Leicestershire. — Leicestershire Words. Phrases,
and Proverbs. By A. BENONI EVANS. E. D.S.,
1881.
Lin.1 «» Lincolnshire. — Provincial Words and Expressions
current in Lincolnshire. By J. E. BROGDEN, 1866.
n.Lin.1 = Lincolnshire.— A Glossary of Words used in the
Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincoln-
shire. By EDWARD PEACOCK. E. D. S., First
Edition, 1877 ; Second Edition, 1889.
•w.Lin.1 — Lincolnshire. — Glossary of the Words in use in
South- West Lincolnshire. By Rev. R. E. G. COLE.
E. D. S., 1886.
Hrf.1 = Norfolk. — Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. By
J. G. NALL, 1866.
jfhp.1 = Northamptonshire. — Glossary of Northamptonshire
Words and Phrases. By A. E. BAKEK, 1854.
Hhp.2 «= Northamptonshire. — The Dialect and Folk- Lore of
Northamptonshire. By THOMAS STERNBERG, 1851.
H.Cy.1 •= North Country. — A Glossary of North Country
Words. By J. T. BROCKETT, 1846.
N.Cy.2 = North Country.— A Collection of English Words,
1691. By JOHN RAY. E.D. S., 1874.
Hhb.1 — Northumberland. — Northumberland Words. A
Glossary of Words used in the County of North-
umberland. By R. O. HESLOP. E. D. S., 1892-4.
Hot.1 — Nottinghamshire. — MS. Collection of Nottingham-
shire Words. By THOMAS A. HILL.
Hot.2 = Nottinghamshire. — MS. Collection of Nottingham-
shire Words. By HORACE WALKER.
Hot.3 = Nottinghamshire. — MS. Collection of Nottingham-
shire Words. By R. L. ABBOTT.
Oxf.1 — Oxfordshire. — Oxfordshire Words. ByMrs. PARKER.
E. D. S., 1876, 1881.
But.1 = Rutlandshire.— Rutland Words. By Rev. CHRISTO-
PHER WORDSWORTH. E. D.S., 1891.
S.kOrk.1** Shetland and Orkneys.— An Etymological Glos-
sary of the Shetland and Orkney Dialect. By
T. EDMONDSTON, 1866.
Shr.1 — Shropshire.— Shropshire Word-Book, a Glossary
of Archaic and Provincial Words, &c., used in the
County. By G. F. JACKSON, 1879.
Shr.2 -» Shropshire.— Salopia Antiqua. By C. H. HARTS-
HORNE. London, 1841.
w.Som.1 = Somersetshire.— The West Somerset Word-Book.
A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and
Phrases used in the West of Somerset and East
of Devon. By F. T. ELWORTHY. E. D. S., 1886.
Btf.1 - Staffordshire.— An Attempt towards a Glossary of
the Archaic and Provincial Words of the County
of Stafford. By CHARLES H. POOLE, 1880.
Btf.2 — Staffordshire. — MS. Collection of Staffordshire
Words. By T. C. WARRINGTON and A. POPE.
Buf.1 =• Suffolk.— Suffolk Words and Phrases. By E. MOOR,
1823.
Bur.1 «* Surrey. — Surrey Provincialisms. By GRANVILLE
LEVESON-GOWER. E. D. S., 1876, 1893.
Bus.1 >= Sussex.— A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. By
W. D. PARISH, 1875.
8n».2 = Sussex. — A Glossary of the Provincialisms in use in
the County of Sussex. By W. D. COOPER,
1853-
Warwickshire. — Warwickshire Glossary. By T. = War.1
SHARP. Ed. J. O. HALLIWELL, 1865.
Warwickshire.— A Warwickshire Word-Book. By — War.2
G. F. NORTHALL. E. D. S., 1896.
Warwickshire. — MS. Collection of Warwickshire = War.8
Words. By E. SMITH.
Warwickshire. — Glossary ofWarwickshire Dialect. = War.4
By G. MILLER, 1898.
Warwickshire.— South Warwickshire Words. By =» s.War.1
Mrs. FRANCIS. E. D. S., 1876.
Westmoreland. — MS. Collection of Westmoreland = Wm.1
Words. By W. H. HILLS and Dr. JUST.
Westmoreland and Cumberland. — Dialogues, = Wm. ft
Poems, Songs, and Ballads, by various writers, Cum.'
in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects.
Published by J. R. SMITH, 1839.
Wexford. — A Glossary, with some Pieces of Verse, = Wxf.1
&c. By JACOB POOLS, 1867.
Wiltshire.— A Glossary of Words used in the = Wil.1
County of Wiltshire. By G. E. DARTNELL and
E. H. GODDARD. E. D. S., 1893.
Wiltshire. — A Glossary of Provincial Words and = Wil.2
Phrases in use in Wiltshire. By J. Y. AKERMAN,
1843.
Worcestershire. — A Glossary of West Worcester- = w.Wor.1
shire Words. By Mrs. CHAMBERLAIN. E.D.S.,i88a.
Worcestershire. — South - East Worcestershire = M.Wor.1
Words. A Glossary of Words and Phrases used
in South-East Worcestershire. By JESSE SALIS-
BURY. E. D. S , 1894.
Worcestershire.— Upton-on-Severn Words and = s.Wor.1
Phrases. By ROBERT LAWSON. E. D. S., 1884.
Yorkshire.— A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect. - n.Yki.1
By Rev. J. C. ATKINSON, 1868. Additions to the
above. E. D. S., 1876.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the = n.Yks.-
neighbourhood of Whitby. By F. K. ROBINSON.
E.D. S., 1876.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in Swale- =- n.Yks.3
dale, Yorkshire. By Captain JOHN HARLAND.
E. D. S., 1873.
Yorkshire.— Wit, Character, Folklore, and Customs = n.Tk».*
of the North Riding of Yorkshire. By R. BLAKE-
BOROUGH, 1898.
Yorkshire.— Yorkshire Folk-Talk. By M. C. F. - ne.Tki.1
MORRIS, 1892.
Yorkshire.— A Glossary of Words used in Holder- = e.Yks.1
ness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. By F. Ross,
R. STEAD, and TH. HOLDERNESS. E.D. S., 1877.
Yorkshire.— A Glossary of Words pertaining to = in.Yks.1
the Dialect of Mid-Yorkshire. By C. CLOUGH
ROBINSON. E. D. S., 1876.
Yorkshire.— The Dialect of Craven, in the West = w.Yka.1
Riding of the County of York. By W. CARR, 1828.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of Words used in the = w.Yks.2
neighbourhood of Sheffield. By S. O. ADDY.
E. D. S., 1888-90.
Yorkshire. — A Glossary of the Dialect of Almond- = w.Yk».s
bury and Huddersfield. By ALFRED EASTHER.
E. D. S., 1883.
Yorkshire. — The Hallamshire Glossary. By J. = w.Yk«.4
HUNTER, 1829.
Yorkshire.— The Dialect of Leeds, and its Neigh- = w.Yk«.5
bourhood to which is added a copious
Glossary. By C. C. ROBINSON, 1861.
Where HO authority is given for plant-names, the information has been obtained from A Dictionary of English
Plant Names, by J. Bnittn and R. Holland. E. D. S., 1878-86.
Vlll
LIST OF WORDS KEPT BACK
JAAKE, v. or sb. (?). Meaning unknown
(Per.).
JAGE, sb. A violent motion (w.Yks.).
JAGGERS, sb. In phr. by jaggers, an ex-
pletive (Ess.).
JAKE-EASY, adj. Meaning unknown
(Lnk.).
JANNOCK, sb. A buttress or support
against a wall (Nhp.).
JARGE, sb. A jug (Yks.).
(?) JAUK or AUK, v. Of shoes : to be too
large for the foot, not to fit closely (Abd.).
JELLING, adj. Jovial (w.Yks.).
JIB, v. To move restlessly (Dev.).
JIG, sb. A measure of yarn (?) (Frf.).
JILLY-WOW, sb. A witch (Stf.).
JIMRIE-COSIE, sb. Meaning unknown
(Abd.).
JINGLER, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
JISSICK, sb. A tickling cough (Suf.).
JIZE, sb. In phr.jize be here, an expletive
(Abd.).
JOE, sb. An agricultural instrument (?)
(Bck.).
JOKIM, sb. Meaning unknown (Rnf.).
JOOPIE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
JOT, sb. Meaning unknown (WiU.
JOWEY, adj. Meaning unknown (Lan. or
Slang).
JUGLER, sb. Meaning unknown (Lei.).
JUMCTURER, sb. A great-coat (Rxb.).
JUNKIT, adj. Meaning unknown (Ayr.).
JU-UM, adj. Empty (n.Cy.).
KAAN, v. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KAKER, sb. Meaning unknown (Per.).
KALTS, sb. pi. The game of quoits ^Shr.).
KANN, sb. Fluor-spar (Cor.).
KARKEN, v. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
KATE, sb. A public-house (e.Yks.).
KATLET, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc.).
KAVEL, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KECK, sb. Success, luck (w.Yks.).
KECKER, sb. An overseer at a coal-mine
(n.Cy.).
KEEL, sb. Meaning unknown (Dur.).
KEEL, v. Meaning unknown (Dmb.).
KEEPS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Frf.).
KELD, v. To thump (Nhb.).
KELSHIE, adj. Meaning unknown (Frf.).
KEMBING, sb. A utensil used in brewing
(Lin.).
KENNEN, v. To know (Ir.).
KEOSTREL, sb. A karl (sic) (Cum., Wm.).
KESTERN, adj. Cross, contentious (n.Cy.).
KETT, v. Meaning unknown (Lth , Hdg.).
KETTLE, sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.).
KIAAR, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KIFT, sb. Meaning unknown (Ayr.).
KILHAB, v. Meaning unknown (Slk.).
KILLEMS-OUT, sb. pi. Marbles (Nrf.).
KILLSIMMER, sb. Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.).
KINCH, sb.1 Meaning unknown (Frf.).
KINCH, si.2 Meaning unknown (Edb.).
KINDER-MAKER, sb. Meaning unknown
(Sc.).
KING'S TAW, phr. Meaning unknown
(w.Ir.).
KINSH, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc.).
KIPES, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Frf.).
KISHY, adj. Thick, stiff, pasty (w.Yks.).
KJAEKSIE,a^'. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KJIMPIN', ppl. adj. Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.).
KJODEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KLEEPIE STONES, phr. Meaning un-
known (Sh.I.).
KNAKS, sb. pi. In phr. to take the'knaks,
meaning unknown (Edb.).
KNALTER, v. To know (Lan.).
KNAUM, v. Meaning unknown (Lnk.).
KNAVE, v> To gnaw or bite (Lan.).
KNAVE, v.2 Meaning unknown (Nhp.).
KNEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Nrf.).
KNERRY, v. To nay [sic] (Stf.).
KNETTER, v. Meaning unknown (n.Yks.).
KNITTAL, sb. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
KNOCKIE, adj. Meaning unknown (Sc.).
KNOCK-SO, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KORSIS,s6. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I ).
KRACHT, sb. Wickedness, craft (Sc.).
KRAEK, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
KRIKKETY,s6. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
KROGIK EE'D, phr. Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.).
KULLIE FOR BULLIE, phr. Meaning un-
known (Sh.I.).
KYRST, sb. A wood (Oxf.).
LAANGER, sb. A disease of cows (?) (Sh.I.).
LAAVER, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LAEGA, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LAFT, v. To look for (Cum.).
LAG, sb. Meaning unknown (Slg.).
LAIGGENS,s6./>/. Meaning unknown (Slk.).
LAIR, adj. Meaning unknown (Gall.).
LALE, adj. Meaning unknown (Wm.).
LANCROCK, (?). A word occurring in a
Shrovetide rhyme ; meaning unknown
(Dev.).
LANT, sb. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LAP, v. To cry (Yks.).
LAP-MESSIN, sb. A term applied to a dog
(Sh.I.).
LAPPERTAGE, sb. Obs. Meaning un-
known (Won).
LARCH, v. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
LARE, adj. In phr. as lare do so and so, as
lief do so and so (?) (Dor.).
LASAVRAN,s6. Meaning unknown (Pern.).
LASHIGILLAVERY, sb. A superfluity,
esp. of food (n.Cy.).
LASSY, adj. Last (n.Yks.).
LAUG, sb. or adj. (?). Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.).
LAUGHER, sb. Meaning unknown (Yks.).
LAUK URROW, phr. Meaning unknown
(w.Yks.).
LAUMINGK, prp. Meaning unknown
(Chs.).
LA VEER, v. To linger, procrastinate
(Sh.I.).
LAVER, sb. The remainder (n.Cy.).
LAX, sb. A part (Som.).
LAY ACROSS, phr. Meaning unknown
(War.).
LAY IN LEAD, phr. Meaning unknown
(Sh.I.).
LEACHT, sb. A large-sized kistvaen (Dev.,
Cor.).
LEAD-RECORDER, sb. Meaning unknown
(w.Yks.).
LEAR, v. To lean (n.Cy.).
LEAREN-TUB, sb. The vessel in which
meal and water are mingled before being
baked into oatcake (w.Yks.).
LECTURE, sb. A speech, cry, warning
(Hnt. ?).
LEE, adj. Meaning unknown (ScA
LEEVE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LEG, sb. In phr. a leg of raan, meaning
unknown (Sh.I.).
LEGIM, adv. In phr. to ride legim or on
legim, to ride astride (Rxb.).
LENNOCKMORE, adj. Meaning unknown
(Slk.).
LENTEN, pp. Allowed, let (Per.).
LENTOR, sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.).
LETCH, sb. Meaning unknown (Ayr.).
LICKFALADITY, adv. With full force
(Lin.).
LICKY-HOW, int. An exclamation (Cor.).
LIDDALES, adj. Out of anything, esp. out
of provisions (Sh.I.).
LIE, v. In phr. to lie out; meaning un-
known (Sh.I.).
LIFT-HAUSE, sb. The left hand (Rxb.).
LIFTING,///, adj. Applied to cattle; mean-
ing unknown (Sh.I.).
LIGH, adj. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LIGHT, sb. (?). Meaning unknown (In).
LIGS, sb. pi. ' Ley ' (Yks.).
LIN, v. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LING, sb. In phr. the ling of one's life ;
meaning unknown (Wxf.).
LING, v. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LINGER, sb. Meaning unknown (Wxf.).
LINITY, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LINKS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LIP, sb. or adj. (?). In phr. to be lip, to begin
lip \ meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LITTER, adj. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
LO, adj. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOAK-HEN, sb. Meaning unknown (Nrf.).
LOBBYSTHROWL, sb. Goitre (Der.).
LOCK, sb. Meaning unknown (Lth.).
LOCKER STRAE, />//>-. Meaning unknown
(Abd.).
LODGE, adj. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOKKER, v. To curl (Sc.).
LONE, adj. Long (Nhb.).
LOOG, v. (?). Meanirg unknown (Sh.I.).
LOOMENT, sb. pbscurity (Dev.).
LOON, sb. Meaning unknown (Ayr.).
LORNE, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LOSEN, v. To look (Won).
LOSES, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LOTHER, sb. Meaning unknown (Ken.).
LOUNDSING, prp. Lingering (Cmb.).
LOVE-SPOKEN, ppl. adj. Meaning un-
known (Bnff.).
LOYST, v. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
LUCKER, adj. Loose, flabby (Ken.).
LUCKING-MILL, sb. A fulling-mill (Ken.).
LUCKS, sb.pl. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
LUCKY -PROACH, sb. The father-lasher,
Coitus bubalis (Fif.).
LUELY, sb. A fray (Sc.).
LUFES, sb. pi. The ears of a toad (n.Cy.).
LUMSTHROWL, adj. Goitre (Den).
LUNDGATE, sb. Meaning unknown
(n.Yks.).
LURDER, sb. An awkward, lazy, worth-
less person (Sc.).
LURE,s6. The palm ofthe hand (n.Cy., Nhb.).
LUSCH, 5*. A wish, desire (Som.).
LUSKEE, sb. Meaning unknown (Rxb.).
LYERON, sb. Meaning unknown (Som.).
LYINS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
LYLSIE-WULSIE, sb. Linsey-woolsey
(CM.).
LYMPHAD, sb. A galley (Sc.).
LYTHING, vbl. sb. Softening, soothing
(Abd.).
LIST OF WORDS FOR THE PRESENT KEPT BACK
FROM THE WANT OF FURTHER INFORMATION
HAAS, v. Meaning unknown (Suf.).
HAASLIG, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HACK-A-THRAW,«#. Meaning unknown
(s.Sc.).
HACKEN-CROOK, sb. Meaning unknown
(Lan.).
HACKING, vbl. sb. In phr. hacking and
heeling. Meaning unknown (Som.).
HADYEDS, adj. or sb. (?). Meaning un-
known (Ayr.).
HAIL, v. In phr. to hail a hundred, a
weaving term (Edb.).
(?) HAINI or HAIM, sb. A hand (Lin.).
HAIVINGS,s«. pi. Shallows in a river (Not.).
HALE, sb. A land measure (Sus.).
HALF-BAG-MAUND, sb. Meaning un-
known (Som.).
HALLAN-SHACKER, sb. A hare (Dev.).
HALPER-POT, sb. Meaning unknown
(Lan.).
HALT-WO, int. A wagoner's call to his
team to go to the off-side of the road (Sus.).
HAL VANS, sb. Inferior ore (n.Cy.).
HAMCH, sb. The hip-joint (Nhb.).
HAMIL, sb. A handle (Som.).
HAND, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HANNA-PAGE.56. Meaningunknown (Nrf.).
HANNIE, sb. Meaning unknown (Cum.).
HAN-SPAN, adv. Obs. Very heartily (?)
(Nhb.).
HATEN, adj. Meaning unknown (Wm.).
HAUM, sb. Meaning unknown (Wil.).
HAUTECKING, adj. Meaning unknown
(Dev.).
HAVER, v. To toast before the fire (Bwk.).
HAWK -TREE, sb. An oak-tree (?) (Wm.).
HAY, v. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEADSET, 56. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
HEAL-HA'DIN or -MAKIN', sb. Salvation
(Sc.).
HEARF, sb. Health (Som.).
HEAUVELESS, adj. Meaning unknown
(Sc.).
HEELIN', vbl. sb. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEEL-SCAT, sb. Meaning unknown (Slg.).
HEFF, sb. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HEFTERT, adv. After (n.Cy.).
HEINT, pret. Saw, observed (In).
HELM, v. To turn, govern, guide (Edb.).
HEN, adj. Old (Chs.).
HEPPER, sb. A young salmon (Wai.).
HERBRY, sb. Meaning unknown (Inv.).
HERONIOUS,arf/. Meaningunknown (Ayr.).
HERTA, adj. Female (Sh.I.).
HETHOR-DRAYKIN, sb. Meaning un-
known (Nhb.).
HEUCH, sb. Meaning unknown (Sc.).
HEVER, sb. The hemlock (Hrf.).
HEVICAIRIES, int. An exclamation of
surprise, &c. (Sc.)
HICE, int. ' Keep still ! ' (Hrf.)
HICKERTY-PICKERTY.a^. A nonsense
formula used by mummers (Chs.).
HIE, v. (?) Meaning unknown (Der.).
HIERTIEING, vbl. sb. Meaning unknown
(Sc )
HILDING, sb. Meaning unknown (Bdf.).
HILLY HO ! phr. A hunting or trumpet
cry (?) (Sc.).
HIM, v. To believe (Som.).
HINN, v. Meaning unknown (Dev.).
HIP-HOUSE, sb. A lone house (Dor.).
HIPSY DIXY,/£r. Of evidence: trumped
up, faked (Dur.).
HISHER or ISHER, adj. and adv. Higher
(n.Yks., w.Yks.).
HITCH, sb. Monthly Agents [sic] (Wil.).
HIVE, v. Meaning unknown (Sur.).
HJUD, v. (?). Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HO, sb. (?). Cover (Sc.).
VLO,pron. Her (Cum.).
HOBLINS, adv. Meaning unknown (Cum.).
HOCKEDOCK, sb. An aqueduct (Cmb.).
HOCKER, v. To seek (w.Yks.).
HOCKLER-OCKLER, sb. A hawking
greengrocer (w.Yks.).
HOCKY-VOCKSY, sb. A head constables
staff (Dev.).
HODLE-MAKENSTER, sb. Meaning un-
known (Sc.).
(?) HODYCOLVONY or HODYCOLOONY,
sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.).
HOGANSTORE, sb. Meaning unknown
(w.Cy.).
HOG-PIPES, sb. pi. Meaning unknown
(Chs.).
HOLLEN, sb. Meaning unknown (Per.).
HOLLY-GALONE or HOLLY-GOLONE, sb.
Eau-de-Cologne (Nrf.).
HOMI-OMRIE, sb. A hotch-potch, mis-
cellany (Sc.).
HOOF, sb. An acre (Lin.).
HOO-FLOO, adj. Meaning unknown (w.Cy.).
HOOT, sb. or adj. (?). Meaning unknown
(Rnf.).
HOPE, sb. A short street (Dev.).
HORNSHOTTLE, adj. Meaning unknown
(Rnf.).
HORNSTRING, v. Meaning unknown
(Oxf.).
HORRORSCUP, sb. A horoscope (Lan.).
HORSE-CRIPPLE, sb. Meaning unknown
(Gall.).
HORSE-HOOD, adv. In kind [sic] (Dev.).
HOTTENPOT or HOT-IN-POT, sb. A
Hottentot (w.Ir., I.W.).
HOUG, sb. A hold upon, grasp of (Rnf.).
HOUNDINGS, sb. pi. The housings of
harness, covering the collar (e.An.).
HOWF, sb. Meaning unknown (s.Sc.).
HOWSTER, sb. The knot, Tringa canuhis
(dial, unknown).
HOX, int. In phr. hoxan'frog, an exclama-
tion (Stf.).
HUDDLINGS,s£.*/.Meaningunknown(Lei.).
HULBIRT, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HULET, sb. Meaning unknown (Hmp.).
HULL, sb. Meaning unknown (Sus.).
HULLET, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
HUMBLE, v. To humble oneself, demean
oneself (dial, unknown).
HUMLY-BUSH, sb. Meaning unknown
(w.Yks.).
HUMP, sb. The thigh (w.Yks.).
HUNDEN, sb. The ' hooding' of a flail (Nhb.).
HUNDER-STONE, sb. A thunderbolt (WiL).
HUNKEY, adj. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HUNKIN, sb. Meaning unknown (Cor.).
HURD, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
HURMS, sb. pi. Meaning unknown (Lan.).
HURST- RIGG, sb. Meaningunknown (Sc.).
HUSSING, prp. Meaning unknown (Abd.).
HUTS, sb. pi. The loppings of trees (?)
(dial, unknown).
HWOAZIN, sb. Rosin (Cum.).
HYHUMPUS,s*. Meaningunknown (Lan.).
HYPLOCK, adj. Meaning unknown (Gall.).
ICEE-WILLEE, sb. A sandling (Cor.).
ICKET, sb. Meaning unknown (w.Yks.).
IDDLINS, sb.pl. Meaning unknown (Der.).
ILILUK, sb. Meaning unknown (Ir.).
ILL-SANTAFIED, ppl. adj. Meaning un-
known (Sh.I.).
ILOAN, sb. An island (Wxf.).
IMPISITIN, sb. Meaning unknown (Sur.).
INAIRT, adj. Meaning unknown (Fif.).
INCOMING GROUND, phr. The downhill
part of a journey (Hmp. ?).
INDE, (?). Meaning unknown (Frf.).
INGLE-SAVE,s6. Meaningunknown (Edb.).
INGLIFIED, ppl. adj. Learned (Ant.).
INISITIJITTY, sb. A little, ridiculous
person (War.).
INNERS, sb. pi. In phr. to be in one's inner s,
meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
INPLAY, sb. Meaning unknown (Sh.I.).
INSKIN, adj. Close, intimate (Mid.).
INTAKE, sb. Meaning unknown (Yks.).
INTHREATHMENT.sA. Meaningunknown
(Sh.I.).
INVENTION ARY, sb. An inventory (Sus.).
INYARY, sb. Diarrhoea (Sh.I.).
ITHE-SAY, sb. Telridge hay [sic] (Der.).
H
HA, adj. Sc. Also in form hi. [Not known to our
correspondents.] In phr. ha year olds, cattle eighteen
months old. s.Sc. MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863).
HA, int. Dev. An exclamation of indignation and
contempt. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (M.)
HA, HAA, see Hay, sb.1, Haw, sb.1, int.1, How, sb.1,
adv., int.
HAABER, HAABUCK, HAACK, see Habber, Haw-
buck, Hawk, v.1
HAAF, sb.1 and v. Sc. Lakel. Also in forms haave
Sc. QAM.) ; haf(f Sh.I. ; halve, hauve Sc. (JAM.) [haf,
hav.] 1. sb. The open sea, the deep-sea fishing-ground.
Sh.I. Mony a day he made for da haaf whin aulder men shook
dir heids, an' widna lave da beach, CLARK Gleams (1898) 33 ; They
had had a hard week at the 'haf,' BURGESS Tang( 1898) 8; (W.A.G.);
(Coll. L.L.B.); S. StOrk.1
Hence Haafing, vbl. sb. deep-sea fishing; also usedySg-.
Sh.I. Da days o' haafin i' da saxern is by, I faer, Sh. News
(Sept. 10, 1898).
2. Comp. (i) Haaf-boat, a boat suitable for deep-sea
fishing ; (2) -eel, the conger-eel, Conger vulgaris ; (3) -fish,
the great seal, Phoca barbata ; (4) -fishing, deep-sea
fishing ; (5) -lines, the lines used in deep-sea fishing ; (6)
•man, a fisherman engaged in the deep-sea fishing ; (7)
•seat, a deep-sea fishing-ground.
(i) Sh.I. The old haf boat measured from 18 to 20 feet of keel,
the stems bending outwards in a graceful curve, so as to give a
length of some 26 feet over all. The breadth of beam was 6 to 7
feet, and the depth of the hold 27 inches. The boat was divided into
six compartments, viz. fore-head, fore-room, mid-room, cost-room,
shott, hurrik or kannie, SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) 127. S. & Ork.1
(2) Nai. Haaf-eel, a name given to the common conger in the
Moray Firth, DAY Brit. Fishes (1880-4) II. 251. (3) Sh.I. Our
boat was visited by one of the large seals of the country (Phoca
barbata), named by the natives a Haaf-fish, because it usually
appears at that remote distance from the main coast, HIBBERT
Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 166, ed. 1891 ; (Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.1 (4)
Sh.I. As good ... as ever rowed ... to the haaf-fishing, SCOTT
Pirate (1821) ii. S. & Ork.1 (5) Sh.I. The haf lines were also set
during aevaliss [unsettled] weather, SPENCE ib. 131. (6) Sh.I.
Doo canna tak' hit a' rightly in, no bein' a haaf man dysel,
Sh. News (July 3, 1897) ; The signs in heaven above were the
special study of the hafman, SPENCE ib. 115. (7) Sh.I. One of
these ancient sinker stones was lifted on a fish hook at a haf seat
off the north part of Unst, SPENCE ib. 129.
3. Phr. to go to haaf or haaves, to go out to the deep-sea
fishing. S. & Ork.1, Or.I. (JAM.)
4. A large pock-net used in fishing. Also in comp.
Haaf-net.
Abd. Lady Kigie who had a lodging in the Chanonry, and a
hannet [half-net] upon Don, TURREFF Antiq. Gleanings (1859) 64.
Dmf. Agric. Surv. 603 (JAM.) ; A few nights after his marriage he
was standing with a halve-net, CROMEK Remains (1810) 305. Gall.
A standing net placed within water-mark to prevent the fishes
from returning with the tide (JAM.). Wgt. These [fish] are taken
betwixt Wigton and the Ferrieton ; some in the halfe-net ; some
in cups fixt on the sands, FRASER Wigtown (1877) 88. Lakel.1
Cum. Two [sturgeons] were taken last week with the haaf net. . .
Mr. was lucky enough to secure another [sturgeon] in his
haaf, Carlisle Pat. (June 28, 1889) 5 ; Cum.2 It consists of a
pock-net fixed to a kind of frame, which, whenever a fish strikes
against it, is hauled out of the water ; Cum.4 A net used on the
Solway, which consists of a pock-net fixed on a frame of wood,
VOL. III.
being kept open by a cross-bar fixed at right angles to the pole
held by the fisherman standing in the water.
Hence (i) Haaf-bawk, sb. the pole attached to a ' haaf-
net ' whereby it is raised out of the water ; (2) Ha'netsman,
sb. a fisherman who shares in a ' haaf-net.'
(i) Cum.4 (2) Sc. We swam owre the Dee . . . the ha'netsman,
Main, Wad charge us across to the Brick Kilns again, ANDERSON
Rhymes (1867) 78.
5. v. To fish with a ' haaf or pock-net.
s.Sc. (JAM.) Dmf. A second mode of fishing, called ' haaving'
or ' hauling,' is standing in the stream, either at the flowing or
ebbing of the tide, with a pock net fixed to a kind of frame, con-
sisting of a beam, 12 or 14 feet long, having three small sticks or
rungs fixed into it. Whenever a fish strikes against the net,
they, by means of the middle rung, instantly haul up the mouth of
the net above water, Statist. Ace. II. 16 (ib.\ Lakel.1 So used by
fishermen of the Solway, both on Scottishand Cumbrian side. Cum.4
[Sw. haf, the sea ; Dan. and Norw. dial, hav (AASEN) ;
ON. haf.}
HAAF, sb.2 n.Yks.2 A haven, port.
HAAF, HAAFURE, see Heaf, sb.\ Haugh, Haaver.
HAAG,s&. and v. Sh.I. [hag.] 1. sb. Thrift, economy.
Du's nae hag i' dy haand JAKOBSEN Norsk in Sh. (1897) 36;
S. & Ork.1
2. v. To use sparingly.
Skeek signifies to use sparingly, and is similar in meaning to
the words hain and haag, SPENCE Flk-Lore ',1899) 207.
[Norw. dial, hag, order, management (AASEN) ; ON.
hagr, state, condition.]
HAAG, see Hag, sb.2
HAAGLESS, adj. Sh.I. Limitless, boundless. See
Hag-mark.
What's twenty year ta dee or me ? Hit's no a knuckle o wir
towes Set oot upon a haagless sea Ta fiot, or sink for want o bowes,
JUNDA Klingrahool (1898) 51.
HAAGLET, sb. Sh.I. In phr. it's come back to its auld
haaglet, said of an animal that has strayed, and returned
to its old pasture. S. & Ork.1
[Cp. ON. hagi, a pasture, hag-lendi, pasture land (Vio-
FUSSON).]
HAAK, see Hake, v., Hawk, sb.2, v.1
HAAL, sb. Cai.1 [hal.] A hold, support, used esp.
in connexion with children learning to walk.
' To stan' at 'e haal.' To stand at a chair or such like. ' To gang
at 'e haal, or by the haal.' To move from chair to chair, or from
one support to another, but not to venture to cross an open space.
[Cp. Norw. dial, and ON. halla, to lean with the body,
to swerve (AASEN).]
HAALLIGET, adj. Cai.1 Disreputable, violent, light-
headed.
[Cp. Norw. dial, haalig, bad, also haadleg, shameful,
disgraceful (AASEN) ; ON. haduligr, disgraceful, contemp-
tible (VlGFUSSON).]
HAALYAN, HAAM, see Hallion, Haulm.
HAANYAL, HAAP(E, see Hanniel, Hap, v.8
HAAP, v. Nhp.1 Of cattle : to eat, to bite close to
the ground.
HAAR, sb? Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also in
forms aar n.Lin. ; bar N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Dur. e.Yks. n.Lin.1;
harr Frf. Fif. N.Cy.1 Dur. n.Yks.124 m.Yks.1 Lin. ; haur
Ayr. Lth. ; hear, here Lan. [h)ar, h)ar.] 1. A cold sea-
fog or mist ; a drizzling rain or fog. Cf. harl(e, sb.2
B
1
HAAR
HABBLE
Sc. On the face of the water, where the haar lay, STEVENSON
Catriona (1893) xxi. Cai.1 Abd. A frosty haar filled Noran valley,
M'KENZIE Sketches (1894) iii; Not common (G.W.). Frf. Nor
harr nor cluds Forebodit rain, SANDS Poems (1833) 70. Per. The
morn brings sleet And haar and hail together, S PENCE Poems (1898)
18. Fif. That's a nasty haar come on, ROBERTSON Provost (1894)
67. Ayr. When the haur hings on the hill, AINSLIE Land of Burns
(ed. 1892) 13. Lth. A strange — a new hian — Strode beside them
in the haur, LUMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 316. Gall. It came upon
the land suddenly as the ' haar ' that in the autumn drives up the
eastern valleys from the sea, CROCKETT Moss-Hags (1895) xxii.
N.Cy.1 A Northern har Brings drought from far, Prov. Nhb.1,
Dur. (K.) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 Mist with small rain. So good in
a morning for vegetation. ' A northern harr Brings fine weather
from far ' ; n.Yks.4 e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1
Lan. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) Lin. SKINNER (1671) ; RAY
(1691); MILLER & SKERTCHLY Fenland (1878) iv. n.Lin. SUTTON
Wds. (1881); Still current, but rare. It seems always to include
the idea of cold (E.P.N, ; n.Lin.> se.Lin. The harr was very heavy
in the marshes this mornin' (T.H.R.).
2. A cold easterly wind ; also in comb. Easterly haar.
Slg. In the months of April and May, easterly winds, commonly
called Haars, usually blow with great violence, NIMMO Stirlingshire
(1777) 438 (JAM.). Cld. The cold damp called Easterly-hars, so
prevalent on the east coast, seldom arrive here, Agric. Sum. 4 (ib. ).
Fif. Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr, TENNANT Anster
(1812) 23, ed. 1871 ; This parish [St. Andrews] is well acquainted
with the cold, damp easterly winds, or haar of April and May,
Statist. Ace. XIII. 197.
Hence Haary or Haury, adj. of wind : cold, keen, biting.
Sc. Tho' Envy's haury blastin' breath, WILSON Poems (1822) 56.
Sh.1. A haary wind blaws keen an cauld Across da voc, JUNDA
Klingrahool (1898) 22.
3. Hoar-frost, rime.
Per., Cld. (JAM.) Lan. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) ; TIM BOBBIN
View Dial. (ed. 1806) Gl.
[1. Cp. Du. dial. (Zaansche) hang, ' dampig, mistig, met
scherpen damp of nevel vervuld ' (BOEKENOOGEN). 2.
MDu. hare, a keen cold wind (VERDAM) ; Du. haere, a
keen wind (KILIAN) ; WFlem. liarie, a cold wind which
frequently blows in March and April (DE Bo) ; cp. Fr.
un temps haireux, cold and damp weather. 3. Du. haere,
night frost ( KILIAN).]
HAAR, sb? and v. Sc. Lin. Also in forms har n.Lin.1 ;
haur Sc. (JAM.) 1. sb. A cough. n.Lin.1
2. An impediment in speech ; a huskiness in the throat.
Lnk. (JAM.) e.Lth., Rxb. This is gen. applied to some impedi-
ment in the throat, which makes [it] necessary for a person as it
were to cough up his words, before he can get them rightly
articulated (ib.}.
3. v. To speak thickly and hoarsely. Lnk. GAM.)
HAAS, see Halse, sb.1
HAAVE, adj. Obs. Sc. Pale, wan.
Abd.The third was an auld, wizen'd, haave coloured carlen , FORBES
y»7».(i742)i4; The titherwasahaavecolour'dsmeerlesstapie,«'6. 17.
[OFr. have, 'pale' (HATZFELD).]
HAAVE, see Haaf, sb.1, Hauve, v.1, Haw, sb.1
HAAVER, sb. n.Cy. Yks. Written haafure n.Cy.
(HALL.) ; haavre n.Yks.2 A fisherman's line, used in the
deep-sea fishing, to which the ' snoods,' each terminating
in a hook, are appended. Cf. haaf, sb.1 4.
n.Cy. (HALL.) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 The fisherman's lines stretched
horizontally, and furnished with suspended rows of baited hooks,
for catching the larger sea-fish in deep water.
HAAVER, HAAZE, see Halver, Haw, sb.1
HAB, sb.1 Obs. Nhb. A halbert.
The Scottish habs were stout and true, Bishoprick Garl. (1834)34.
HAB, sb.' Glo.1 [aeb.] The woof, yarn woven across
the warp. See Abb.
When the weavers in their glory stood, The chain and hab was
very good ; But when the chain was very bad, They cursed the
chain, and damned the hab.
HAB, adv. and sb* Nhb. Yks. Lin. Also Som. Dev.
Also written ab n.Yks. sw.Lin.1 [h)ab, aeb.] 1. adv.
In comb. Hab-nab, anyhow, in random fashion.
Nhb. His wardrobe, got up quite habnab, Was second-hand,
WILSON Tippling Dominit; Nhb.1
2. sb. Phr. (i) hab or nab, (a) get or lose, hit or miss ;
(b) by hook or by crook ; (a) habs and nabs, little by little,
piecemeal ; in one way and another.
(i, a) w.Som.1 In a market, a buyer pretending to walk off,
says : ' Then you 'ont take no less?' (Seller) ' No, I 'ont, not one
varden.' (Buyer) ' Then I'll ab-m — hab or nab !' nw.Dev.1 (b)
w.Yks. He'll hev it awther bihab or nab. Prov. in Brighotise News
(Sept. 14, 1889). (2) n.Yks. He did by abs an' nabs (I.W.).
e.Yks.1 Anything done in odd moments or at intervals of leisure,
not continuously, is said to be done by habs-an nabs. n.Lin.1 'I've
scratted it together by habs an' nabs.' Said of rent. sw.Lin.1
We've gotten our hay by abs and nabs — a load nows and thens.
They had to finish the church by abs and nabs.
[1. Cyphers, astral characters ... set down hab-nab. at
random, BUTLER Hud. (1664) n. iii. 990.]
HAB-, see Hob, sb.2
HA-BA, sb. Yks. Also written aah-ba, a-ba, a-bay.
[e'-be, ea'-bea.] A roar of laughter ; a shout, blatant cry ;
a hullabaloo.
w.Yks. But if ide a been thear, ah sud set up a a-ba, TOM
TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann. (Mar. 1854) ; Tha's making a girt
a-bay about nowt (F.K.) ; What ar ta makkin that gert aah-ba
for ? BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.5 Sehr up a gurt haa-baa.
HABAKER, HABBAD, see Half, Aye but.
HABBER, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. Also in form haaber
Ant. [ha'bar.] 1. sb. A person who stammers in
speaking or speaks thickly ; a clumsy clown.
Bnff.1 Commonly used with the notion of stupidity. Ant. GROSE
(1790) MS. add. (C.)
Hence (i) Habbergaw, sb. (a) hesitation, suspense ; (b)
an objection ; (2) Habberjock, sb. (a] a turkey-cock ; (b)
a big, stupid person who speaks thickly.
(i) n.Sc. (JAM.) (2, a Bnff.1 (6) ib. He's a stoopid habber-jock
o" a cheel.
2. The act of snarling or growling like a dog.
n.Sc. (JAM.) Abd. Fell death had came to see them An' gi'en
a habber, Wi' solemn air, TARRAS Poems (1804) 12 (ib.).
3. v. To stutter, stammer. Sc. (JAM.) 4. To snarl,
growl. n.Sc. (ib.)
HABBERDYN-FISH, sb. Obs. Sc. n.Cy. That kind
of cod which is usually salted ; barrelled cod.
Sc. Dried cod fish, at that period known by the nameofHabberdyn
fish, PENNANT Tour Sc. (ed. 1790) 138. n.Cy. GROSE ^1790) MS.
add. (M.)
[Habberdine fish, Asellus salitus, BARET (1580) s.v. Fish.
M E. haburdenne, Accts. (1370), see ROGERS Agric. and Prices
1. 616. Fr. habordean and labordean, an haberdine (CorcR.).
MDu. habourdaen, also laberdaen (VERDAM). Prob. fr. the
Basque district le Labourd, Lapurdum (the old name for
Bayonne), see FRANCK (s.v. Labberdaan).]
HABBERNAB, see Hobnob.
HABBIE, adj. Lth. (JAM.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] Stiff in motion.
HABBIE-GABBIE, v. Sh.I. To throw money, &c.,
among a crowd to be scrambled for. S. & Ork.1
HABBLE, sb. and v. Sc. [ha'bl.] 1. sb. A difficulty,
perplexity, quandary, ' fix.' See Hobble, sb.1 Q.
Sc. An' syne got into a fair babble, HUNTER J. Armiger's
Revenge (1897) xi. Slg. You've put [him] in a babble, TAYLOR
Poems (1862) 17. Ayr. When whiles in a habble Be manly and
clean, WHITE Jottings (1879) 290. Lnk. I hae gotten mysel' into
a bonny habble ! GORDON Pyotshaw (1885) 74. e.Lth. Man, yon
was an awfu' habble to be in, HUNTER J. Inwick (1895; 28.
2. Confusion, tumult, hubbub ; a squabble, quarrel.
Abd. Cripples ne'er were made for babbles, SmRRtrsSale Caial.
(1795) 21. Cld. (JAM.) Rnf. We'll aft be plung d into a habble,
TANNAHILL Poems ^1807) 44, ed. 1817. Ayr. J.M.), Ayr., Lth.
(JAM.) Lth. Morosely by a glowing fire, 1 retrospect the habble,
LUMSDEN Sheep-head (1892; 50. Feb. He has got into a habble
with a neighbour (A.C.). Rxb. (JAM.)
Hence Habblesheuf, sb. an uproar, tumult, confusion.
Ayr. (J.M.)
3. v. To confuse, reduce to a state of perplexity ; to
stammer, speak or act confusedly ; to gabble, talk fast ; to
wrangle, quarrel.
Sc. To habble a lesson, to say it confusedly GAM.% Slk. Are
we to be habbled out o' house and hadding? HOGG Tales (1838)
323, ed. 1866. Rxb. Some trump the fauts o' ither fouk, Some
habblin on religion, A. SCOTT Poems (ed. 1808) 145.
HABBLE
[3]
HACK
Hence (i) Habbler, sb. one who causes or delights in a
squabble : (2) Babbling, (a) sb. confusion, hubbub ; wrang-
ling, confused speaking; (b) ppl. adj. given to petty
quarrelling.
(r) Cld. (JAM.) (2, a) Fif. Sic habblin' an' gabblin, Ye never
heard nor saw, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 121. Edb. They're here
Wi' habblin, a' wi' ane anither, An' a' asteer, LIDDLE Poems
(1821) 43. (A) Bnff.i
4. To snap at anything as a dog does.
Sc. Also used to denote the growling noise made by a dog when
eating voraciously (JAM.).
Hence Habble, sb. the act of snapping. Sc. (ib.)
HABBLE, see Hobble, v.1
HABBLIE, adj. Sc. (JAM.) Of cattle : having big
bones, ill-set.
HABBOCRAWS, int. Sc. A shout used to frighten
the crows from the corn-fields.
s.Sc. HISLOP Anecdote (1874) 343. Gall. He believed himself
among the rooks, and started up, roaring, with outspread arms,
habbocraws, to the astonishment of the holy congregation, MAC-
TAGGART Encyd. (1824) 249, ed. 1876.
HABEEK-A-HA, int. Sc. A cry given as a signal
that a marble, bool, &c., is to be scrambled for.
Per. When a bool dried oot o' oor pooch to the flure, It was put
in a roond penny spunk-box secure, Till it got rovin' fu, then — I
min' o't sae weel — 'Twas ' habeek-a-ha ' at auld Jenny's Schule,
EDWARDS Strathearn Lyrics (1889) 35. [In Abd. this used to be
called a 'logan.' The master pitched in succession each forfeited
' bool ' among the scholars out of doors (A.W.).l
HABER-, see Haver, sb.2
HABERDASH, sb. Sc. Small wares, miscellaneous
articles.
Abd. There will be sold ... a quantity of haberdash. an' gin
ony body wants to ken what that is, its piggery, PAUL Aberdeen-
shire (1881) 46.
[Ther haberdashe, Ther pylde pedlarye, Papist. Exhort.
(c. 1550) (NARES).]
HABERDASHER, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Fig. A
schoolmaster.
n.Cy. (HALL.) w.Yks.1 A haberdasher of nouns and pronouns.
HABERSCHON, sb. Obs. Sc. A jacket of mail or
scale armour, an habergeon.
Ayr. All armed for battle, full of zeal, In haberschons and caps
of steel, BOSWELL Poet. Wks. (1811) 82, ed. 1871.
[Helmys and hawbyrschownys, BARBOUR Bruce (1375)
xi. 130.]
HABILIMENTS, sb. pi. Sc. Outfit.
n.Sc. The form 'bulyments' is still used in parts of the north to
meananykind of ragged unshapely clothing, particularly a beggar's;
and 'habiliments,' outfit. Both words, however, are employed with
a somewhat ludicrous meaning, FRANCISQUE-MICHEL Sc. Lang.
(1882) 70.
HABIT, v. Yks. Lin. [a'bit.] To accustom.
n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (C.C.R.) Lin. He's habited his sen to tekkin'
doctor's stuff while he's clean wore oot his i'side. Lin. N.&Q. (Oct
1891) 251.
[O y'are a shrewd one ; and so habited In taking heed,
CHAPMAN Odysseys (1615) v.]
HABIT,/*?/. Stf.1 fNotk
In the place of.
HABIT, prep. Stf.1 [Not known to our correspondents.]
HABIT AND REPUTE, phr. Sc. Held and reputed
to be so and so, repr. legal Lat. habitus et reputatus.
Bnff. Most of them depone that the pannels [prisoners] were
habit and repute Egyptians, GORDON Chron. Keith (1880) 39. Per.
A general allegation of her being habite and repute a witch, SPOT-
TISWOODE Miscell. (1844) H- 61. [If the person ... be habit and
repute a thief — i.e. one who notoriously makes or helps his liveli-
hood by thieving, BELL Diet. Law Scot!. (1861).]
HABIT-SARK, sb. Sc. A woman's riding-shirt.
Per. A habit-sark . . . O'erspread a breast, perhaps o' virtue
proof, DUFF Poems, 81 (JAM.).
HABLIMENTS, sb. pi. Yks. [a'bliments.] Habili-
ments, vestments.
n.Yks.1 ' Noo ye've getten yer habliments on, Ah'll awa' an'
knoll t'bell;' the clerk to the clergyman about to officiate at a
funeral, of the surplice, scarf, &c.
HACKEE, adj. Obs. Irel. Cross, ill-tempered.
Wxf.1 Fartoo zo hachee? [Why so ill-tempered?], 84.
HACHEL, sb. Sc. [ha'XL] A sloven, slut.
Ayr. A gipsy's character, a hachel's slovenliness, and a waster's
want are three things [&c.], GALT S<> A. Wylie (1822) xlix.
HACK, 56.' and v.1 Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ack Stf.2 se.Wor.1 ; haike Cum. ; hake
Fif. ; hauk Lth. (JAM.) n.Cy. (K.) ; hawk Sc. QAM.) Nhb.1 ;
heck w.Yks.5; hick Nhb.1 Cor.1; hjuk Sh.I. ; hock Nrf.
Hmp.1 [h)ak, aek.] 1. sb. A kind of pickaxe or mattock
used in agricultural employments ; see below.
n.Cy. BAILEY (1721) ; GROSE (1790) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.1 ; N.Cy.zAmat-
tock made only with one and that a broad end. Nhb. Shovels, hacks,
spades, &c., RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) V. 277 ; Nhb.1
Dur.1 An implement of two kinds : one is called a pick, having one
end pointed, and the other rather broader. The other kind is
called a mattock, one end of which is axe-shaped, and the other
end like the broad end of the pick. Lakel.1 Cum.1 A pickaxe
having points about an inch in width ; Cum.4 s.Wm. (J.A.B.)
n.Yks. They [turnips] are pulled up by a peculiar drag, or ' hack '
as it is provincially called, Jm. R. Agric. Soc. (1848) IX. ii ;
n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 Half a mattock ; a pickaxe with one arm ;
n.Yks.3* e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1 A kind
of pickaxe, or mattock, without the blade end. w.Yks. WILLAN
List Wds. (1811) ; (J.T.) ; w.Yks.^, Lan.1 n.Lan. (W.S.) ; n.Lan.1
April wi' his hack an' bill, Sets a flow'r on iv'ry hill, Local Rhyme.
e.Lan.1 Chs.1 ; Chs.3 A gorse hack. s.Chs.1 A kind of mattock
used to stock or pull up gorse. nw.Der.1 s. Not. The turnip hack
is a kind of mattock with either one or two blades (J.P.K.). w.Dev.
A one ended mattock, MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. A
digging instrument, the same as the biddix or beat-axe (q.v.), and
used in Zennor for cutting turves (J.W.).
2. A heavy tool or pickaxe used by miners ; see below.
Nhb., Dur. GREENWELL Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). e.Dur.1 A heavy
pick, weighing about 7 Ibs., with head about 18 in. in length.
There are var. kinds, e. g. Tommy hack (round head and chisel
point), Jack hack (round head and sharp point), Pick hack (sharp
head and chisel point). Der. MANLOVE Lead Mines (1653) Gl.
Shr.1 A small pick used in getting coal.
Hence Hack-ave, sb. the handle of a ' hack.' Shr.1
3. A large hoe.
vr.Yks.Hlfx. Courier (May 8, 1897); (J.T.) ; w.Yks.2; w.Yks.3
A kind of hoe with a long blade.
4. A pronged instrument or mattock used for dragging
dung from a cart ; see below. Gen. in comb. Muck-hack.
Cai.1 Ags., Rnf. They loosen all the ground completely with a
hack, an instrument with a handle of about 4 or 5 feet long, and
two iron prongs like a fork but turned inwards, Statist. Ace. XIX.
534 (JAM.). Lth. (JAM.) Nhb.1 A muck fork, having 3 or 4 tines
or teeth, which are bent at a right angle to the handle. It is used
for drawing litter out of cattle lairs and similar places, and is some-
times called a drag. The above is called a 'teeming hack, 'as it is
used in emptying [teeming]. There is also a ' filling hack,' which
is like a four or five pronged fork bent at the neck to an angle of
45 degrees with the shank. Both teeming and filling hacks are
used when working among manure.
5. An axe for dressing stone.
Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.1
6. A mark, notch ; a deep cut, a fissure. Also used fig.
Sc. Yc may pit a hack i' the post the day [To-day has been a
red-letter day with you], Prov. (G.W.) Elg. Ca' in the crook a
hack again, TESTER Poems (1865) 160. Abd. I sud set up my
bonnet a hack fan I gaed owre to Clinkstyle this time, ALEXANDER
Johnny Gibb (1871) xliii. Lnk. Stamp'd in fire upon the broo,
Were figures three, in unco hacks, DeiCs Hallowe'en (1856) 42.
7. A cut, wound, gash. Also used fig.
Edb. Aft the hack o' honour shines In bruiser's face wi' broken
lines, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 206, ed. 1785; Geordy's men
cou'd not withstand The hacks o' their claymores, LIDDLE Poems
(1821) 238. n.Cy. (K.) Cum. Wi' nowther haike nor quarrel,
GILPIN Sngs. (1866) 282.
8. A chap or crack in the skin of the hands or feet caused
by exposure to cold and wet.
Sc. (JAM.), Cai.1 Fif. Skelbs and hacks needed tender handling,
COLVILLE Vernacular (1899) 18. Ayr. Mittens on her hands after
she has creeshed them weel with saim for the hacks, SERVICE Dr.
Duguid (ed. 1887) 161. Nhb.1 A surface fissure or chap in the
skin produced by cold or work. A deeper fissure than a hack is
called a ' keen."
9. An indentation or hollow made in ice to keep the feet
steady in ' curling.'
B 2
HACK
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HACK
Sc. A longitudinal hollow is made to support the foot, close by
the tee, and at right angles with a line drawn from one end of the
rink to the other. This is called a hack or hatch, Acct. of Curling,
6 (JAM.). Ayr. Tees, hogscores, and hacks, or triggers [were]
made, while busy sweepers cleared the rinks of anything that
might impede the progress of the stones, JOHNSTON Kilmallie
(1891) II. 109. Feb. He strains its wished-for road to trace The
hack and tee between, Linloun Green (1685) 38, ed. 1817.
10. A ridge of earth thrown up by ploughing or hoeing.
Hrt. The ground which was fallowed in April is stirred (in May)
into hacks, ELLIS Mod. Hush. (1750) III. i.
11. A row of half-made hay.
Bdf. When the grass was hagled it is disposed in hacks (J.W.B.) ;
Both clover and grass is powerfully acted upon by the sun and
wind when in the state of hacks, BATCHELOR Agric. (1813) 443.
Sur.1 A thin row in which hay is laid to dry after being shaken out,
and before it is got into wider rows, which are called ' windrows.'
12. The heart, liver, and lights of a pig. Cf. hackamuggie.
Chs.13 s.Chs.1 Goa- tu Longg-liz fin aas'k am fur u pig'z aak
[Go to Longley's an' ask 'em for a pig's hack]. Shr.1 Obsol.
Hence (i) Hacelet-pie, sb. a dish composed of the heart,
liver, and lights of a pig baked in a pie. War.3 ; (2) Hack-
fat, sb. the fat obtained from cleaning the intestines of a
pig. nw.Der.1 13. A hard, dry cough. Cum.4, Stf.2
14. Fig. Phr. hack and sweep, a complete upturn ; a scene,
commotion.
Abd. Gin the French officers begin to blab on ane anither, then
we'll get hack an' sweep (G.W.).
15. v. To chop, cut up ; to cut roughly or unevenly.
Sc. If I was gaen to be an elder, we couldna get a bit stick
hackit on Sabbath, Jokes, ist S. (1889) 38. Sh.I. Shu hjukid a sleesh
or twa aff a roond lof, Sh. News (Oct. 29, 1898). Abd. Maidens
and widows . . . Made mony an errand wi' bog fir to hack, ANDER-
SON Rhymes (1867) 20. Frf. Instead of . . . hacking his face, for he
was shaving at the time, BARRIE Thrums (1889) xvi. Cld. UAM.),
n.Cy. (J. W.) Shr.1 Now, "ack them garrits, an' get the bif an' bacon
up fur the men's dinner ; Shr.2 Of.!.1 MS. add. Hmp.1 w.Som.1
To hack a joint. A good gate hacked all abroad.
Hence (i) Hack-clog, sb. a chopping-block ; (2) Hacket,
ppl. adj., fig. cutting, biting, severe, caustic ; (3) Hacket
kail, phr. chopped kail orcabbage; (4) — flesh, phr. a carrion
charm for doing injury to a neighbour's beasts ; see below;
(5) Hacking, sb. a pudding or sausage made of the chopped
interiors of sheep or pigs ; (6) Hacking-block, sb. a block
of wood used for cutting meat upon; (7) -iron, sb. an inverted
chisel put into an anvil when the blacksmith wishes to
cut anything off; (8) -knife, sb. a chopper, cleaver; (9)
•stock, (10) -trough, see (6) ; (n) Hack-meat, sb. mince-
meat; (12) -pudding, sb., see (5); (13) -saw, sb. a saw
used by smiths and others for cutting iron ; (14) -spyel,
sb. a useless joiner or cartwright ; (15) Hackster, sb., fig.
a butcher, cut-throat ; (16) Hack-stock, see (6) ; (17)
Hackum kail, phr., see (3).
(i) n.Yks.2 (a) Dmb. Out on you, bawdron ! wi' your hacket
tongue, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 71. (3) Sc. To feast me wi'
caddels And guid hackit kail, CHAMBERS Sags. (1829) I. a ;
Noganes full of hacket kaile, MAIDMENT Ballads (1844) 13, ed. 1868.
(4) ne.Sc. One mode of an enemy's working evil among a neigh-
bour's cattle was to take a piece of carrion, cut the surface of it
into small pieces, and bury it in the dunghill, or put it over the
lintel of the door. Such carrion was called ' hackit-flesh,' GREGOR
Flk-Lore (1881) 184. (s)N.Cy.1 Nhb. A pudding made in the maw
of a sheep or hog (K.). Com.1 A mincemeat and fruit pudding,
used till lately for the family breakfast on Christmas day. Wm.
& Cum.1 Wi' sweet minch'd-pyes and hackins feyne, 171. Lan.
HARLAND & WILKINSON Flk-Lore (1867) 216. (6) e.Yks. NICHOL-
SON Flk-Sp. (1889) 65 ; e.Yks.1 (7) w.Yks.2 (8) e.Yks. NICHOL-
SON Flk-Sp. (1889) 65. Chs.i (9) Cat1 (10) e.Yks. The trough
or block on which the work is performed is a hacking-trough, or
hacking-block, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 65. (n) e.Yks. ib.\
e.Yks.1 (12) Cum. On the morn of Christmas-day the people
breakfast early on hack-pudding, a mess made of sheep's heart,
chopped with suet and sweet fruits, HUTCHINSON Hist. Cum.
(1794) I. 555. (13) n.Wil. An old scythe-blade, or a piece of one,
with the edge jagged into teeth, set in a handle, and used for sawing
through iron bars or rods, &c. (G.E.D.) w.Som.1 There idn nort
better vor a hack-zaw-n a old zive [scythe]. (14) Nhb.1 (15)80.
A crew of bloody Irish rebels, anddesperat [sic] hacksters, CRAU-
TVRD Hist. Edb. (1808) 155 (JAM.). n.Yks.2 (16) Sc. (JAM.) (17)
Dmb. Good hackum kail twice laid, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 108.
16. Of the skin : to chap, become cracked through cold.
Sc. To plout her hands through Hawkey's caff-cog, is a hateful
hardship for Mammy's Pet, and will hack a' her hands, GRAHAM
Coll. Writings (1883) II. 148. Cai.', Cld. (JAM.) Ayr. There's
nae frost to hack them [the hands] in the simmer time, SERVICE
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 161.
Hence (i) Hacked or Hackit, ppl. adj. cracked, chapped
through cold ; (2) Hacking, vbl. so. the chapping of hands
or feet through cold.
(i) Sc. His wee, hackit heelies are hard as the airn, THOM
Rhymes (1844) 140. Frf. His hackit hands to heat, JAMIE Emigrants
Family (1853) 106. Per. For festerin' finger or sair hackit heel,
EDWARDS Strathearn Lyrics (1889) 34. Fif. A day's durg brings
nae regret, nor sair backs, nor hackit feet, ROBERTSON Provost
(1894) 188. Rnf. The lass wi' hakit hands and feet, M°GILVRAY
Poems (ed. 1863) 48. Ayr. Who tied up my wee hackit taes in the
winter time ? SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 16. Lnk. The wee
stumpy legs ance hacket an' blae, NICHOLSON Idylls (1870) 70.
N.I.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb. Lassis, wi' hackt heels an' hans, Keelman's
Ann. (1869) 25. Dur.1 Applied to the hands when frostbitten, or
to the heels or instep when very rough. Cum.14 (a) Ayr. A
hushion . . . worn on the legs of women and boys at country work
to keep their legs frae hacking — what refinement calls chapping
or gelling, HUNTER Studies (1870) 29.
17. To work with a pickaxe.
Com. RICHARDSON Talk (1876) 2nd S. 43 ; Cum.4, s.Wm.
(J.A.B.), w.Yks. (R.H.H.)
18. To dig with a mattock, so as to break the clods.
Glo.1 w.Som.1 The term rather implies digging ground which
has already been turned up with a spade. ' Spit it [the ground]
up rough, and after 't have a lied a bit, take and hack it back.'
De v. To break clods with a mattock, after seed has been sown, to avoid
harrowing, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 197; MORTON Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). nw.Dev.1, Cor.12
Hence (i) hack and hail, phr. digging and thatching;
hard work ; (2) Hackynex, sb. a tool for digging.
(i) n.Dev. A beat'th mun all vor hack an" hail, ROCK Jim an'
Nell (1867) st. 42. (2) Cor."
19. To hoe or loosen the earth round potatoes, prepara-
tory to earthing them up ; to hoe.
se. Wor.1 Wil.1 This is done with a ' tater-hacker,' an old three-
grained garden-fork, which by bending down the tines or ' grains '
at right angles to the handle has been converted into something
resembling a rake, but used as a hoe. Dor. DARTNELL & GODDARD
Wds. (1893). Dev.2 I've been hackin' tittie voors all day. Cor.1
To hack tetties.
20. To cut peas, beans, vetches, &c., with a hook ; to
dress a hedge-breast or a gutter with a sickle.
Cum.4, Ox£' Brks. I be gwaln pea-'acking next week (W.H.E.) ;
Brks.1 w.Mid. The haulm is raised with a stick or old hook held
in the left hand, and severed with the hook that is wielded in the
right hand. ' You can go and hack that pea-haulm when you have
done this hoeing' (W.P.M.). Hmp. To harvest beans, the reapers
using two hooks, one wherewith to cut, and the other, an old one,
wherewith to pull up the halm, WISE New Forest (1883) 288;
(W.H.E.) ; Hmp.1, Wil. (W.H.E.)
Hence (i) Hacked, ppl. adj. of a path or track : cleared,
made passable ; (2) Hack-hook, sb. a curved hook with a
long handle, used for cutting tares or peas, or for trimming
hedges.
(i) Nhp. A keeper pointed out to me a recently cleared path
which he described as the 'hacked way,' TV. & Q. (1878) 5th S.
ix. 575. (2) Sus.1 Hmp. HOLLOW AY.
21. To uproot turnips, &c., with a turnip-hack.
s.Not. It is done after the upper part of the root has been gnawed
off by the sheep, in order to make the remainder available. ' He's
bruck 'is 'ack, 'ackin them tunnips' (J.P.K.). Dor. The swede-field
in which she and her companion were set hacking, HARDY Tess
(1891) xliii.
22. To throw up earth in ridges by ploughing or hoeing.
Hrt. Combing is also called hacking and are synonymous names
for one and the same operation, ELLIS Mod. Hush. (1750) VIII. 36.
23. To rake up hay into rows.
Not. Is the hay hacked in ! (J.H.B.) Lei.1 Nhp.1 The grass, as
it falls from the mower's scythe, is called a swathe, which is
tedded or spread over the whole surface of the meadow ; it is next
hacked, or separated into small rows. War. LEWIS 67. (1839).
HACK
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HACK
s.Wor.1 Bdf. (J.W.B.); Spread the swarths about the ground,
and afterwards hack it into small rows, BATCHELOR Agric. (1813)
429. w.Mid. When you have done shaking out these windrows,
you may go and hack in over yonder (W.P.M.). Sus.1
Hence Hack-rake, v. to rake the hay together after it
has been spread out to dry. se.Wor.1
24. To win everything at games of marbles, &c.
Cum. When we'd hacked the lads aw roun us, ANDERSON Ballads
(1805) in, ed. 1808; Gl. (1851).
25. With at: to imitate. Yks. (HALL.), w.Yks.1
26. To hesitate ; to hesitate in speech ; to stammer,
stutter. Cf. hacker, v. 2.
Nhb.1 He hicked at forst, but they gat him to gan on. n.Yks.2,
Shr.2, e.An.1 Nrf. How that man did hack (W.R.E.) ; (E.M.)
Hence (i) Hacka, sb. a nervous hesitation in speaking.
Wil.1 ; (2) Hocker, sb. one who stammers. Nrf. (E.M.)
27. Phr. (i) to hack and har, (2) — and haw or hew, (3)
— and hammer or hammer, to hum and haw ; to hesitate
or stammer in speech.
(i) Oxf.i (2) War. 2 3 se.Wor.i Why doesn't spell the words,
an" nat stond 'ackin' an' haowin' athattens ? Glo. Horae Subsecivae
(J777)- (3) Shr.2 Hacks and hammers at his words. Oxf.iDwunt
stan u ak-in un onvuurin dhaa'r [Dwun't Stan' a 'ackin' an' 'om-
merin' thar]. I.W. (J.D.R.)
28. Of the teeth : to chatter. Cf. hacker, v. 4.
Lan. Meh teeth hackut imeh yed agen, TIM BOBBIN View Dial.
(1740) 23 ; Lan.1, e.Lan.1 nw.Der.1 Thy teeth hacks i' th? yead.
Dev. (HALL.)
29. To snap at with the mouth.
s.Chs.1 Dh)uwd saay)z got'n pigz, bur ah doo daayt 60 i)nu
gbo'in taak' t(5o urn reytli, fur 60 aak's aat1 tim wenevur dhi
kiimn kloos up t6o ur [Th1 owd sai's gotten pigs, bur ah do dai't
hoo inna gooin' tak to 'em reightly, fur hoo hacks at 'em whenever
they com'n cloose up to her].
30. To cough frequently and distressingly ; to cough in
a hard, dry manner. Cf. hacker, v. 5.
Stf.2 Used almost entirely in the phr. ' to cough and ack.'
sw.Lin.1 He has been hacking like that all night. War. Leamington
Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.3 He hacks so at night ; War.4,
s.War.1, e.An.1, Sus.1
Hence Hacking or Hicking, ppl. adj. of a cough :
hard, dry.
n.Yks.2 sw.Lin.1 He has such a hacking cough. s.Lln. (T.H.R.),
Nhp.^Brks-^Hnt^T.P.F.), e.An.1 Nrf. I fare to have sich a hacking
cough (W.R.E.). Cor.'
HACK, sb.2 Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ack- Chs.1 ; eck w.Yks. ; haek Sh.I. ; haik
Bnff.1 Frf. Ayr.Lth.; hake Abd. Lth.; heck Or.I. Cai.1 Per.
Rnf. Ant. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Dur.1 Lakel.1 Cum.14 Wm. n.Yks.12
ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 234S Lan.1 n.Lan.1 ne.Lan.1
Der.1 Not.2 3 n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Hrf. e.An. [h)ak, aek,
h)ek.] 1. A rack or manger to hold fodder for horses
or cattle in a stable.
Sc. (G.W.), Or.I. (S.A.S.), Bnff.1 Ayr. [He] mounted into the
hack, and hid himself among the hay, GALT Gilhaize (1823) iv.
n.Cy. BAILEY (1721) ; GROSE (1790) ; (K.) ; N.Cy.12 Nhb. MORTON
Cyclo. Agric. (1863); Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.24,n.Yks.(T.S.), n.Yks.124,
ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.1 w.Yks.
T'stable lad went in wi a pale ov waiter ta put ontut eck, reddy
fer use, Yksman. Comic Ann. (1878) 21 ; Horses owt ta be weel
fettald dahn and fodderd wi oats and beans and t'heck filled wi
good sweet hay, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann. (1873) 45;
w.Yks.1234*, ne.Lan.1, Not.23, s.Not. (J.P.K.), Der.2 Lin. GROSE
(1790). n.Lin.1 We mun hev them hecks mended e' th' coo staables,
th' beas" waaste the'r fother theare shaameful. sw.Lin.1, s.Lin.
(T.H.R.) Hrf. The young horses and brood mares [are fed] in
hecks under a shade, Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 25. Nrf. (HALL.)
Hence Heckstower, 56. a rack-staff. Yks. (HALL.)
2. Phr. (i) hack and harbour, food and shelter; (2) —
and manger, free quarters, plenty, abundance, esp. in phr.
to live athack and manger.
(i) iLYks.1 ' To eat one out of heck and harbour,' ot a poor
man's family with good appetites ; n.Yks.2 ' Cleared out of heck
and harbour,' destitute both of food and shelter. (2) Sc. Maintained
puir Davie at heck and manger maist feck o' his life, SCOTT
IVaverley (1814) Ixiv. Cai.1 Bnff. The marauding Bully, who
had been living at haik and manger, GORDON Chron. Keith (1880)
143. Abd. At hake and manger, Jane and ye sail live, Ross
Helenore (1768) 124, ed. 1812. w.Sc. The members of Presbytery
had often lived at heck and manger in their houses, MACDONALD
Settlement (1869) 17, ed. 1877. Per. She'll hae her run o' heck
an' manger sae lang as she lives, IAN MACLAREN Brier Bush (1895)
296. Rnf. They that live at heck an' manger Sigh vainly for ' the
little stranger,' YOUNG Pictures (1865) 166. Ayr. Ne'er-do-well
dyvours and licht limmers who leeved at hack and manger, SERVICE
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 74 ; Wasting baith at heck and manger wi'
bardie leddies, GALT Sir A. Wylie (1822) xvii. Slk. Her ladyship
. . . was bred at the same heck an' manger as oursels, HOGG Tales
(1838) 80, ed. 1866. Nhb. (R.O.H.), w.Yks.1 sw.Lin.1 ' He lives
at heck and manger,' said of one who has free quarters, the run
of his teeth.
3. A crib for fodder from which animals are fed in the
open air. Also in comb. Stand-hack.
Lth. Sparred boxes for holding fodder for sheep, MORTON Cyclo.
Agric. (1863). Dur.1 A four-sided rack (raised some height from
the ground) of wood bars for holding straw in a fold-yard. e.Yks.
(Miss A.), e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 A moveable rack, sometimes placed
on a trestle ; at other times, having fixed supports. w.Yks. He
pickt five or six [recruits] aght at renks at wor az knock-kneed az
a stan d heck, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann. ( 1 853) 43 ; w.Yks.5,
s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 337.
4. A wooden frame on which fish are hung to dry.
Sc. An' hing ye up like herrin' on a hake, ALLAN Lilts (1874)
71 ; (JAM.) Sh.I. Ye sail get dem [herrings] asl get dem, uncle, an'
a haek ta Sibbie, Sh. News (Aug. 13, 1898). Bnff.1 Three pieces of
wood nailed together in the shape of a triangle and filled with
small spikes on which to hang fish.
5. That part of a spinning-wheel armed with teeth, by
which the spun thread is conducted to the ' pirn.'
Frf. I wish you would take your arm off the haik, BARRIE Tommy
(1896) 128. Lth. (JAM.); Fringe-hake, a small loom on which
females work their fringes (it.). Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824)
259, ed. 1876. Ant. An elliptical bow of wood, the arms of which
extend in the direction of the bobbin-spindle, and have their edges
set with crooked teeth, made of iron wire, to direct the thread
equally over the spool or bobbin of the common spinning wheel,
GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.)
6. A wooden frame or rack on which cheeses are hung
to dry.
Sc. A wooden frame, suspended from the roof, containing dif-
ferent shelves, for drying cheeses (JAM.). Cai.1 Abd. A hake
was frae the rigging hanging fu' O' quarter kebbocks, Ross
Helenore (1768) 83, ed. 1812.
7. An open kind of cupboard suspended from the wall.
Bnff.1
8. A slightly raised bank or wall on which bricks are
set up to dry before going into the kiln.
Glo.1 Mid. Rye straw is used by brickmakers, to cover their
hacks, MIDDLETON View Agric. (1798) 418. w.Mid. Newly made
bricks, before being baked, are placed to dry in rows, called
'hacks' (W.P.M.). Sus. (F.E.S.), Wil.1 Som. JENNINGS Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 The rain come
avore we'd agot time vor to cover em, and spwoiled the wole hack
o' bricks.
Hence Hackstead, sb. the place where bricks are laid
out to dry in a brick-garth.
N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Obs. Chs.1 Acksted, a foundation of sods for the
drying wall in a brickfield.
9. pi. The bottom or hard bricks of an undried brick
walL n.Yks. (I.W.)
10. A hatch ; a half-door or hatch-door ; a small gate or
wicket.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 160 ; (K.) ; N.Cy.2
Lakel.2 Cum.2 ; Cum.4 An iron heck with bars about five inches
apart was fixed to the bridge, Carlisle Pat. (Aug. 31, 1894) 3.
Cum., Wm. The hatch or gate between a barn and cowhouse,
NICOLSON (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n-Yks.1 When
a door is made to open in two parts, the upper half which fastens
with a latch, is the Heck. The lower part fastens with a bolt
or bolts, and is sometimes called Half-heck; n.Yks.2 w.Yks.
THORESBY Lett. (1703) ; HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781); WILLAN
List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.3*, Lan.1, n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, Der.1 Lin.
BAILEY (1721). Nhp.1, e.An.1 Nrf. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1787).
11. Comb, (i) Heck-door, the door between the kitchen
of a farm-house and the stable or farm-yard ; (2) -stake,
the door-stake or night-bar ; (3) -stead, the doorway ; (4)
•stead fat, a facetious name for water ; see below ; (5)
HACK
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HACKER
-slower or -staver, the portable beam across the middle
of the hatchway ; (6) -way, see (3).
(i) B.Sc. (JAM.) Ayr. The cattle . . . gen. entered by the same
door with the family, . . turning the contrary way by the heck-
door to the byre or stable, Agric. Surv. 114 QAM.). w.Yks.2
(2, 3) n.Yks.2 (4) ib. ' Hecksteead fat,' a facetious term in the
country for water ; it being usual in farm-houses to keep a supply
in ' pankins ' in the passage, or recessed behind the door. ' If
you'll stay tea, you shall have a cake knodden wi' hecksteead fat,'
which implies a cake made of flour and water only ; but in the
good nature of hospitality, the cakes turn out to be as rich as
butter and currants can make them. (5) ib. e.Yks. Trees . . .
will serve for . . . heckstowers, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641) tai. nXin.1
s.Lin. Two o' the heck-stawers 's brok (T.H.R.). (6) n.Yks.2
12. Phr. to bark at the heck, to be kept waiting at the door.
Cum. (M.P.), Cum.14
13. The inner door between the entry and the ' house-
place ' or kitchen.
n.Cy. (J.L.) (1783). Nhb.1 Cum. A door, half of rails, or what is
called in the south a ' hatch,' in old farm-houses opened from the
entry, between the mill-doors, to the hallan ^M.P.). n.Yks.1 ' Steck
t'heck, bairn," latch or fasten the inner door. ne.Yks.1 It blaws
cau'd ; steck t'heck. e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788).
14. Contp. (i) Heck-door, the inner door of a house only
partly panelled and the rest latticed ; (2) -stead, the site
or place of the inner door between the entry and the
' house-place ' or kitchen.
(I) N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Cnni. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 305. (a',
n-Yks.1 We'll noo gan thruff [through] t'heck-stead inti' t'kitchen.
15. A weather-board at a barn door to keep out the rain.
Lan. You pull your faces as long as a barn door 'eck, ELLIS
Pronunc. ( 1889) V. 356.
16. A latch.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Wm. The girl unsneck'd the raddle heck,
HUTTON Bran New Wark (1785) 1. 372 ; When gust bi gust blew up
the heck, WHITEHEAD Leg. (1859) 13. m-Yks.1 Steck t'heck [drop
the latch]. Steck t'door, and don't let t'heck go down. w.Yks.2
17. A kind of screen forming a passage ; see below.
s.Dur. Still found in some old farm-house kitchens when the
door and fireplace both occur on one side of the room. ' She
threshed me a-back o' t'heck.' ' He placed the besom-shank where
it always stood, namely, a'-back-ed-heck ' (J.E.D.). Wm. The mell-
door opened into the Heck, a narrow passage six feet long, and
leading into the house, Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 249; The
passage [heck] was separated from the house by a partition of old
oak, and only seldom of stone. This partition was frequently
carved and bore the date, and the builder's name ; and was
denominated the heck. In houses of the most ancient date, this
heck reached to the first beam of the upper story, where a huge
octagonal post formed its termination, ib. 251 ; Drest in a shroud
wi noiseless step Up t'heck comgliden in, WHITEHEAD Leg. ^1859)
14, ed. 1896 ; As dark as a heck Lthe unlighted passage found in
many of the older class of farm-houses] (B.K.).
18. The tail-board or movable board at the back of
a cart. Also in comp. Heck-board. Cf. hawk, sb.*
N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Cnm.«, Dnr.1, sJ>ur. (J.E.D.) Wm.(J.M. ; (E.C.)
s.Wm. (J.A.B.), ne.Liin.1. Not.2, Nhp.1
19. A wooden grating or fence set across a stream to
catch fish or to obstruct their passage ; a swinging fence
where a wall crosses a stream.
Sc. To require the said proprietors and tenants ... to put
proper hecks on the tail-races of their canals, to prevent salmon
or grilse from entering them, Abd. Jrn. (Aug. 2, 1820) (JAM.).
s.Sc. Speaks o' hecks (a new invention) 'Cross dam an' ditch,
WATSON Bards (1859) 53. Wgt. The Scavengers are ... to keep
the syvors sunk, runners and iron hecks thereon always clear and
clean, FRASER Wigtown (1877) 81. s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Lakel.1
Com. Sat and screecht on t'watter heck, DICKINSON Cumin: (1876)
256. e.Yks. The best and readyest way of keepinge up the water
is to set downe broade and close doore or coupelynings against
some heck or bridge, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641) 18. w.Yks. Leeds
Merc. Supf>l. (July 1 1, 1896) ; LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882- Gl.
20. A shuttle in a drain. n.Lin.1
21. A hedge.
Lin. KENNETT Par. Antiq. (1695); (K.) n.Lin.1 Rare. 'It
ewsed to stan' up by yon heck yonder agean th' beach tree.'
EThe forms in all their meanings may be referred to
. hec(c, also hcec(c (SWEET). 1O. Of paradys he opened
be hekke, Minor Poems (Vernon MS.) (c. 1350) xxiv. 331.]
HACK, sb? and z/.2 Suf. Wil. Som. Also in form hock
Wil.1 1. sb. In comp. Hack-horse, a hackney, roadster.
w-Som.1 Tis a useful sort of a hack-horse [aak-au's] like, but I
'ont zay he've a-got timber 'nough vor to car you.
2. A hardworking man ; a drudge. Suf. (HALL.), e.Suf.
(F.H.)
3. v. To ride on horseback along the road.
w.Som.1 I've a-knowed th'old man hack all the way to Horner,
to meet, . . and hack home again arterwards.
4. Phr. to hack about, (i) to scamper, ride hard ; to give
a horse no breathing time or rest ; (2) to treat a thing
carelessly, drag it through the mud.
(i) w.Som.1 Ter'ble fuller to ride ; I wid'n let-n hack about no
'oss o' mine vor no money. (2) Wil.1 ' Now dwoan't 'ee gwo
a-hocken on your new vrock about.' The usual form in s.Wil. is
Hack-about.
5. To work hard.
e.Suf. He hacks that poor fellow dreadfully. Mind yow don't
hack yowrself to dead (F.H.).
HACK, sb* Yks. e.An. [ak, aek.] Havoc, injury,
damage. Also in comp. Hackwark, and used advb.
n.Yks.2 ' They made mair hack than mends," there was more
injury done than good effected. w.Yks. (J.W.) e.An.1 A flock of
sheep playing hack. Birds play hack with fruit trees. e.Snf. To
play hack, to frolic. To play hack with, to spoil, injure (F.H.).
HACK, sb? e.Dur.1 Filth, dirt.
Aa canna get the hack off tha.
HACK, v? > Obs. Sc. To hawk, sell by peddling.
Edb. It's hack'd frae town to town abuse't, An' house to house,
LIDDLE Poems (1821) 80.
HACK, see Hag(g, sb.2, Hake, sb.a, Heck, v.2, Howk.
HACKAMUGGIE, sb. Sh.I. The stomach of a fish
stuffed with a hash of meat, ' sounds,' and liver. S. & Ork.1
Cf. hack, sb.1 12.
HACKASING, prp. Chs. Lin. Hrf. Also in forms
accussin Chs.1 ; hakussing n.Lin.1 [a'k-, se'kasin. J
Disputing, wrangling ; moving about violently as people
do when in anger ; doing work in a violent or angry
way. Also used as sb. Cf. yackaz.
Chs.1 Nah then ! no accussin. n.Lin.1 I could see sum'ats was
wrong as soon as I went in ; she was puttin' dinner things by, an'
hakussin' aboot all th' time. Hrf.2 What are yer hackasing at ?
HACK-BERRY, see Hag-berry.
HACKBOLT, sb. Cor. The greater shearwater,
Puffinus major.
Cor. ROOD Birds (1880) 314. Sc.I. In the Scilly islands, where
they are called Hackbolts, they are said to be yet more frequent,
JOHNS Birds (1862) 601 ; SWAINSON Birds (1885) 212.
HACK-CLAY, sb. Nhb.1 A whitish sort of clay, found
in Northumberland moors.
It is tough, unctuous, of a whitish (colour), and like rotten clay
(or) like that of the decomposed granite kind found in Cornwall.
HACKEN, sb. Lakel.2 A term of disgust.
T'gurt brossen hacken wad eat tell he dud hissel a mischief.
HACKER, sb. Lin. War. Wor. Shr. Rdn. Glo. Wil.
Dor. [a'ka(r), ae'ka(r).] 1. A chopper or hedging-hook
used by hedgers, &c. ; a bill-hook.
War. (E.A.P.), War.2, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 A short, strong, slightly
curved implement of a peculiar kind, for chopping off the branches
of fallen trees, &c. ' Axe, hacker, mittins, and other small tools,'
Auctioneer's Catal, (1870) ; Shr.2 An axe usually taken to cut up
cordwood ; it is from 2 to 2j pounds weight, almost straight, and
set in a wooden handle. Rdn.1, Glo.1
2. An instrument used in ' hacking ' potatoes ; a hoe.
Wil.1 Also known as a Tomahawk. n.Wil. An instrument made
out of an old three-grained fork, used for ' hacking ' potatoes. Not
much used nowadays (E.H.G. ). Dor. To grub up the lower or
earthy half of the root with a hooked fork called a ' hacker,' HARDY
Tess (1891) xliii ; BARNES Gl. (1863).
8. A person who dresses stone. n.Lin.1
HACKER, v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written hakker Cum.1 Wil.1 ; and in forms accer e.Yks. ;
acker Lan.1 ; akker Nhp.2 ; ecker Ken.' ; bicker w.Som.1 ;
ocker Lan. [ h la-k.T i , ae'k3(r).] 1. To hack in cutting ;
to cut or chop small.
s.Sc. (JAM. ; Slk. An his throat was a' hackered an' ghastly was
he, HOGG Poems (ed. 1865) 65.
HACKER-BERRY
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HACKLE
2. Fig. To hesitate in speech ; to stammer, stutter. Cf.
hack, v.1 26.
Cum. He drank and he hakkert and sang, DICKINSON Cumbr.
(1875) 232 ; Cum.1 He hakkers an' gits nin on wid his talk ; Cum.4
n.Yks.2 He began to hacker on. ne.Yks.1 He hackered an'
stammered. e.Yks. What's thah accering at ? (R.M.) ; e.Yks.1
What is tha hackerin an stammerin aboot ? Lan. He ockers, an'
stutters, an' tries to tell th' tale, STANDING Echoes (1885) II ; Lan.1
He ackers and haffles : he's lyin'. s.Chs.1 A weaker term than
' stammer." Soa" un Soa')z u gild spee'kur, oa-ni ey aak-urz u bit,
naat- tu kau' it staanvurin [So and So's a good speaker, on'y he
hackers a bit, natto caw it stammerin']. Lin. STREATFEILD Lin.
and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin. An' soa Aamos scrats his head, an'
hackers a time or two, PEACOCK Tales (1890) 2nd S. n ; n.Lin."
s.Lin. He hackers that bad when he speaks it's grievous to hear
him (T.H. R.). Brks.1 One is said to 'hacker and stammer' when
answering disjointedly on account of having no excuse or explana-
tion forthcoming. s.Cy. GROSE (1790). Ken. (G.B. ), Ken.1 Sus.
Hackerin a bit she says, ' I've a mort o' pettigues, Mus Ladds,'
JACKSON Southward Ho (1894^ I. 200; Sus.1, Hrap. (J.R.W. >,
Hmp.1, I.W.12 Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
Hence (i) Hackering, (a) vbl. sb., (b) ppl.adj. stuttering,
stammering ; (2) Hackery, adv. in a stammering, stutter-
ing manner.
(i, a) n.Yks.2 s.Lin. What wi' Ted's hackering and Jim's
grimaaces I ommoast split mi sides wi' laughin' (T.H.R.). e.An.1
Nrf. COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893) 88. (b) Cum.4 Sad hakkeran
wark they maade o' ther neamen, W. C. T. (July 9, 1898) 8, col. 5.
(2) n.Yks.2 He talks quite hackery.
3. To shuffle, hesitate.
n.Lin.1 He'll be hackerin' aboot wi' foaks till he gets his sen
atween th' foher walls o' Ketton prison.
4. To shake or tremble with anger, fear, cold, &c. ; to
chatter with cold. Cf. hack, v.1 28.
Nhp.2, Glo.1 Wil. Our maester's got the ager ! How a hackers
and bivers, AKERMAN Tales (1853) 55; SLOW Gl. (1892); Wil.12
Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863). Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; SWEETMAN
Wincanton Gl. (1885). w.Som.1 Why's 'n yeat thy zul, and neet
bide there hickerin ? This here wind '11 make anybody hickery
wi' the cold.
5. To COUgh. Cf. hack, V.1 30. Lan.1 He ackers and spits.
HACKER-BERRY, see Hag-berry.
HACKET, v.1 and sb. Oxf. Brks. Sus. Wil. Also in
forms heccat- Brks.1 ; heckut- Oxf.1 ; hicket- Wil.1
[ae'kat, e'kat.] 1. v. To cough in a hard, dry manner ;
to hack.
Sus. He hackets so with his cough (G.A.W.).
Hence Hacketing or Heckuting, ppl. adj. of a cough :
dry, hard, ' hacking.'
Oxfc1 Uur a got u naa-sti ek'utin kau-f, un uuy shuodnt uon'duur
if uur went in u dikluuyn wun u dhaiz yuur daiz ['Er a got a
naasty'eckutin cough, an' I shouldn't 66nder if 'er went inadecline
one of thase yer days]. Sus. A hacketing cough (G.A.W.).
2. sb. A short, dry, wearing cough. In pi. form. Brks.1
Hence Heccatty or Hicketty, adj. of a cough : short,
dry, ' hacking.' Brks.1, Wil.1
HACKET, v.2 Som. Also in form hecket-. [arkat.]
To hop on one leg ; to play ' hop-scotch.' Cf. heck, v?,
hick.
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 I've a-squat my voot, eens
I be a-foc'd, otherways to bide still, or else to hackety'pon tother.
Hence (i) Hackety, (2) Hackety-oyster, (3) Heckity-
bed, sb. the game of hop-scotch.'
(i) w.Som.1 Sometimes called ' ik'utee-aak'utee.' 'Come on,
Bill ! lets play to hackety ! ' (2) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). (3)
Som. SWEETMAN Wincanton Gl. (1885).
HACKIT, see Hawkit.
HACKLE, sb.1 and v.1 Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Nhp. War.
Won Shr. Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Hrt. Ess. Sur. Sus. Hmp.
I.W. Wil. Dor. Also in forms ackle w. Yks. Hmp. ; aikle
s.Chs.1 ; heckle n.Yks.1 [a-kl, ae'kl.] 1. sb. The
natural covering of an animal, wool, feathers, &c. ; cloth-
ing, covering, clothes. Also used Jig.
n.Yks.1 ' He has a good hackle on his back ; he does not shame
his keeper;' of one who is stout and well-looking ; n.Yks.2 Sub-
stance about the person, as flesh, clothing. Property in general ;
n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 ' A good hackle ' implies good-looking, well-
cared-for. ' He's got a good hackle ov his back.' e.Yks.1 He's
getten a rare hackle on his back [he is very fat]. Hrt. The slug
slipped his outer skin, or what we call his hackle, ELLIS Mod.
Hush. (1750) III. ii. 116; The serpent sheds his skin or hackle
every year, ib. 112. Ess. Trans. Arch. Soc.(i%63) 11.185; (W.W.S.)
2. A cone-shaped covering of straw placed over bee-
hives to protect them from cold and wet
e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) Der.2, nw.Der.1 War. Leamington
Courier (Mar. 6, 1897); War.24, s.War.1, s.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf.12
Glo. The covering of a beehive made of reed or halm, Horae Sub-
secivae(I^^^) 197 ; Glo.1, Brks.1, Sus.1, Hmp. (W.M.E.F.), Hmp.1,
I.W.1 Wil. BRITTON Beauties ( 1825) ; Wil.1 Hackle, and sometimes
Shackle, are used at Deverill, while elsewhere in s.Wil. Bee-hackle
is the word employed. Dor.1
3. The straw covering of the apex of a rick.
Hrf.1, Hmp.1 Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; Wil.1
4. A covering of inverted sheaves spread over the tops
of others to protect them from the wet.
Hrf.12 Sur.1 Sometimes in harvesting, esp. in wet weather,
they make a covering which they place over the sheaves, and this
they call a hackle.
5. A stook of beans, gen. consisting of three sheaves, set
up together in a field.
s.Wor.1 Glo. (A.B.; ; Beans are usually 'set up in what are
termed hackles — singlets of unusual size,' MARSHALL Rur. Ecori.
(1789) I. 151 ; Glo.1, n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
6. Hay gathered into a small row.
War. A smaller row than a swath ; windrow is seven or eight
hackles put into one for carting, Leamington Courier (Jan. 30,
1897) ; War.3 To rake newly made hay into rows or hackles.
7. v. To dress, put on one's best clothes ; to equip, get
ready, put in order ; to do anything tidily and well.
n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.4 Sha's hackled hersel wiv all t'gewgaws 'at
sha's gitten. w.Yks. Come, hackle tha, Prov. in Brighouse News
(Aug. 10, 1889) ; Hackle thi frock waist up, Yks. Wkly. Post (May
9,1896); w.Yks.1 Come, lass, git thysel hackled; w.Yks.2 He's gone
to hackle the horse ; w.Yks.3 A witness at a trial said, ' Deceased
hardly knew how to hackle a child.' ne.Lan.1 s.Chs.1 ' Ye mun
begin an' aikle nai',' was the signal given by an old dame who kept
a school near Wrenbury that lessons were over for the day.
8. To fit well, be well adapted to.
m.Yks.1 A garment hackles well to a person's back ; and a new
servant to the duties of an old one. ' She hackles well to her work,
however.' w.Yks. A new servant doing unaccustomed work well
is said to ackle well to his work, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 1 1 . 1891) ;
That coat hackles well (C.C.R.").
Q. To turn the soil lightly ; to dress or harrow the ground.
n.Yks.1 2 ; n.Yks.4 Thoo mun just hackle aboot t'reeats. m.Yks. >
10. Fig. To correct, chastise.
n.Yks.2 I'll hackle thy back for thee. w.Yks.5 Au nivver knew
a man so hackled i' mi' lauf.
11. To cover bee-hives with ' hackles ' or straw coverings.
War.3 Shr.1 It's gettin' time to 'ackle an' clicket the bees —
theer'll be a snow afore long.
12. To cover outstanding corn by placing inverted
sheaves over the ' mow,' so as to protect it from the wet.
War.3, s.Wor.1 Shr. [ I 'spect the glass is gwei'n down, fur they'n
begun to 'ackle the corn i' the lung leasow.
Hence Hackling-sheaves, sb. pi. inverted sheaves
placed over outstanding corn. Shr.1
13. To gather hay into small rows.
War. MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863); War.23; War.4 Feyther,
baint us to hackle the hay this arternoon ? s.War.1 Oxf,1 To rake
hay into rows after it has been ' tedded ' : usually called to hackle
in, or up.
Hence Hackling, sb. hay gathered into small rows ;
see below.
Nhp.1 Three hatchels or hacklings thrown together into one
broad row or swathe, are termed a win-roworwindrow (s.v. Hack).
14. To bind beans and set them up in stocks. Wor.
(W.C.B.)
[1. OE. hacele, a cloak (^ELFRIC) ; Goth, hakuls, OHG.
hachul, ' cuculla ' (GRAFF).]
HACKLE, sb.2 and v." Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
Also written hacele Chs.1 ; and in forms eckle w.Yks.
Nhp.1; ekkle w.Yks.; heckle Sc. (JAM.) Lnk. N.Cy.1
Nhb.1 Dur. (K.) Cum.1 n.Yks. w.Yks.235 Chs.1 Der.2
nw.Der.1 Not. [h)a'kl, h)e'kl, as-kl.] 1. sb. The crest or
neck feathers of a cock or bird.
Nhb.1 Dur. The heckle of a fighting cock (K.). Cum.1 Cum.,
HACKLE
[8]
HACKNEY
Wm. The word heckle in a cock's feathers is probably used when
the plumage falls in points of varied colour (M.P.). w.Yks.123,
Der.2, nw.Der.1, Nhp.1, War.8, I.W.1 Dev. Reports Provinc.
(1885) 96.
2. Fig. Temper, dander, esp. in phr. to get or set up one's
heckle.
n.Yks. Dunnot thee be so ready to set up the heckle agin, Why
John (Coll. L.L.B.) w.Yks. He's a short-tempered thing, he gets
his eckle up with nout (M.N.) ; Settin' up his ekkle an' hinderin'
boath father and son, Ykstnan. Comic Ann. (1880) 43 ; w.Yks.2
Don't set up your heckle at me ; w.Yks.3 ; w.Yks.5 He's nowt to
be sticking up his heckle abart, soa let him hod his noise ! Nhp.1
'To set up your eckles,' is to give yourself airs, to rouse your
spirit. Mid. They have such a knack of setting one another's
hackles up, BLACKMORE Kit (1890) II. x. Dev. The girl's got her
hackle up, poor plucky little minx! STOOKE Not Exactly, xii.
n,Dev. Zo ott's this hackle vor? ROCK Jim an' Nell 11867) st. 7.
nw.Dev.1 I rack'n he'd a-got his hackle up, had'n a, think ?
Hence (i) Hackled, adj. peevish, cross-grained,
angry ; (2) Heckle-tempered, adj. short-tempered, hasty,
touchy.
(i) n.Cy. (HALL.) Chs. A hackled cow has short horns (K.).
n.Dev. Till wan day, tachy, hackled, forth, ROCK Jim an' Nell
(1867) st. 81. (a) Chs.18
3. An angler's artificial fly, usually made from the neck
feather of a cock ; the long piece of gut at the end of a
line, together with the artificial fly attached. Also in comp.
Hackle-fly.
Lnk. I'll do my best, I think I'll try the heckle, STEWART Twa
Elders (1886) 143. N.Cy.1 Nhb. The fishers they try Wi' hackle
an' fly, RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VIII. 184; Nhb.1
' The bonny reed heckle,' usually made from the red feathers of a
cock. Another artificial fly is the black heckle or BJaewing.
w.Som.1 The flies themselves severally are never so called, but the
name is used for the whole apparatus, gut and flies together. A
feather from a fowl's neck, suitable for making an artificial fly.
' Our Jim can dress a hackle way anybody.'
4. The hair or bristles on a dog's back.
Nhb. Up came the other hounds quickly with raised hackles,
ARMSTRONG Otter Hunting (1879) ; Nhb.1 Not He set his heckles
up, as if he'd fly at me. They were running to kill their fox,
with all their heckles up (L.C.M.). [MAYER Sptsmn's Direct.
(1845) 142.]
5. The mane of a hog. WU.BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; wil.12
6. pi. The ears of barley and oats. Also in phr. in
hackle, in ear.
War. The oats are in hackle, Leamington Courier (Jan. 30,
1897) ; War.3 ; War.4 Cut your oats when they hackles is green,
if yur 'd save the King and Queen.
Hence Hackle, v.of oats, &c. : to form large heads orears.
War.3 When oats form large heads of corn they are said to
hackle well.
7. The stickleback, Gasterosteus trachurus. Dev. (HALL.)
[SATCHELL (1879).]
8. v. To look angry or indignant ; to grumble, dispute.
Cum. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 305. Chs. Sheaf (1878) I. 60;
Chs.1 Der. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (P.) ; Der.2, nw.Der.1
[1. Take the hackel of a cock or capons neck, WALTON
Angler (1653) no; The wynges of the drake & of the
redde capons hakyll, Treatise of Fysshynge (c. 1425), ed.
Satchell, 34.]
HACKLE, sb? Nhp. See below.
O'er the flood the hackle swarms, CLARE Remains (1873) 160 ;
The coarse bits of twitch left after raking hay, which would
readily float if the field were flooded. When the floods are
severe, they bring down on their surface a sort of scum of bits of
grass stalks and light bits of grass (W.D.S.).
HACKLE, v." and sb* Brks. Hmp. Wil. [as-kl.l
1. v. To conspire, agree together. WiL'1, Brks.1, Hmp.1
2. sb. A conspiracy, cabal.
Brks.1 Labourers are said to be 'all of a hackle' when making
agreement together to get higher wages or shorter time for work.
[2. If a majority of the old hackle come in again, Norris
Papers (c. 1700), Chetham Soc. (1846) 74.]
HACKLE, v* Wil. [arkl.] To rattle, re-echo.
Wil.1 n. Wil. How them gunsdo hackle to-night, don 'em? (E.H.G.)
[Cp. Norw. dial, hakla, to give a crackling sound (AASEN).]
HACKLE, v? Som. Amer. To haggle, chaffer.
w.Som.1 They'd bide and hackly [haa'klee] for an hour about
twopence. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 379.]
HACKLE, v.° Midi. Lin. Fa-Id.] To draw from the
earth by the roots ; to dig. Cf. hack, v.1 18.
Midi. To 'hackle turneps,' to pull them up with a little two-
pronged hack, MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796) II. Lin.1
HACKLE, v.7 Lan. Glo. e.An. [a'kl, as-kl.] L To
shackle or tether animals to prevent their running away.
e.An.1 Snf. The fastening is usually made of hair, with an eye
at one end and a toggle round the other, round the fetlocks of a
cow to prevent her kicking when milked, RAINBIRD Agric. (1819)
394, ed. 1849; Snf.1, e.Snf. (F.H.)
Hence Hackled, pp., fig. hampered or inconvenienced
from scarcity of money. e.Lan.1
2. A gamekeeper's term : to interlace the hind-legs of
game for convenience of carriage by houghing the one and
slitting the sinew of the other. Glo.12
HACKLE, v.* and sb.s Mid. Som. 1. v. To apply
oneself to anything ; to undertake with energy. Also
with to. Cf. hackle, v.1 8.
w Mid. ' He's got a lot of sons, but they're no good for the
business — they won't hackle.' ' There's plenty of work about ;
but the drunken rascals won't hackle to it' (W.P.M.).
2. sb. A good job. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
3. Phr. just one's hackle, exactly suitable, just what one
likes. Cf. hackle, v.1 8.
w.Mid. ' That bit o' fat pork's jest his 'ackle.' ' That there job
seems to be jest his hackle ' (W.P.M.).
HACKLE, see Heckle, sb.1
HACKLE-BERRY, sb. N.I.1 A growth on a horse's
leg. Also called Angle-berry (q.v.).
HACKLED, ppl. adj. Cum. See below. Cf. hackle, v.7
Cum.4 The exact meaning of hackled has passed out of recollec-
tion ; I suggest that ' plaited ' was intended. ' Halters of hemp
both heads and shanks ; But some were made of hackled seives,'
Carlisle Pat. (May 13, 1870).
HACKLEY, sb. Irel. The perch, Perca fluvialilis.
s.Don. So called from the sharp points on the dorsal fin,
SIMMONS Gl. (1890).
HACKLING, ppl. adj. Chs. Lin. Glo. Som. [a'k-,
ae'klin.] Of a cough : dry, hard, ' hacking.'
Chs.1 Go's getten sitch a hacklin cough ; Chs.3 sw.Lin.1 He
has that nasty hackling cough and raising. Glo. 'J.S. F.S.), Som.
(F.A.A.)
HACKMAL, sb. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ack-
mal n.Dev. ; ackymal Dev. Cor. ; ekky-mal Cor.3 ; ekky-
mowl Cor.128; hack-mull n.Dev.; hacky-maH w.Som.1
nw.Dev.1 Cor. ; hakkimal Cor. ; heckamall Dev. ; hecke-
mal Dev.1 ; heck-mall Dev. ; heckymal Dev. Cor.8 ;
hekkymal Cor.1; hick-mall Cor.12; hickymal s.Dev.;
uckmaul Dev. [ae'kmael.] 1. The common tomtit or
blue titmouse, Parus caeruleus. See Hag-maid.
w.Som.1 We 'ant a got no gooseberries de year, the hacky-mals
eat all the bud. Dev. There's a hackmal's nest out in a hole in
the awpel tree, HEWETT Peas. Sf>. (1893) ; The heck-mall, a busy
bird, and fond of making himself comfortable, BRAY Desc. Tamat
and Tavy (1836) I. 319 ; A hok, ur kit's, no mor tel granny, Than
enny heckymal, ur ranny, Es to a gooze vur zize like, DANIEL
Bride of Scio (1842) 187; He'll go snuggle into the straw like a
heckamall in a rick, BARING-GOULD J. Herring (1888) 23; Dev.1
n.Dev. Tie a bullbagger to tha tree, I zeed tha ackmals thare,
ROCK /('man' AW/ (1867) st 5; Fox Kingsbridge (1874) ; (E.H.G.)
nw.Dev.1, s.Dev. (F.W.C.) Dev., Cor. From the strong pecks
which it deals with its bill are derived the names hickmall,
hackmall, &c., SWAINSON Birds (1885) 34. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.)
Cor. (J.W.) ; ROOD Birds (1880) 314 ; Cor.128
2. The great titmouse, Parus major. Dev. SWAINSON ib. 34.
HACKNEY, sb. and v. Sc. Lan. Der. Lei. Shr. Hrf.
Som. Dev. Also in forms agney e.Lan.1; hocknie S. &
Ork.1 [hja'kni, ae-kni.] 1. sb. A saddle-horse; an
easy-paced, lady's horse.
Sc. His hackney will be set up with the day's work, and now
he has no fresh horse, SCOTT Bride of Lam. (18191 vi. Sh.1. (Coll.
L.L.B.) ; S. ft Ork.1, e.Lan.1, nw.Der.1 Shr.1 ' Whad ! han'ee got
two 'ackneys?' 'Aye, that's a spon new un fur the Missis.'
Shr., Hrf. BOUND Provinc. (18761. Som. The servan' chap was
going for to let out the 'ackney, ELLIS Pronunc. (1889) V. 153.
HACKSEY-LOOKED
HADDOCK
2. Comp. Hackney-saddle, a riding-saddle ; the ordinary
saddle on which a man (not a woman) rides.
Lan. I got my two mares and set the saddle on the little one
for a load and the hackney saddle on the great one to ride on,
WALKDEN Diary (ed. 1866) 66. nw.Der.1 w.Som.1 This is a relic
of the time when the pack-saddle was commonest, and hence the
riding-saddle had to be distinguished. If spoken of as an equipment
for a saddle horse, we always say a [bruydl-n-zad'l] bridle and
saddle, but if the saddle only were spoken of, we say : Kaar een
dh-aa'kn'ee-zad'1-n ae'un u due'd [carry in the hackney-saddle
and have it mended], to distinguish it from the cart or the gig
saddle. nw.Dev.1
3. v . Of horses : to ride quietly, to use as a saddle-horse.
Lei.1 A'll dew very well to droive, but a een't seafe to 'ackney
no loonger.
HACKSEY-LOOKED, adj. Sh. & Or.I. AJso in form
hackrey- (JAM.). Having a coarse visage, gruff; pitted
with small-pox. QAM.), S. & Ork.1
HACK-SLAVER, v. and sb. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Der. Lin. e.An. Also written hack-slavver n.Yks. ; and
in form keck- w.Yks.1 1. v. To cut roughly.
n.Yks. What's t'use ov hack-slavverin on i' that way ? (I. W.)
2. To stammer and splutter like a dunce at his lesson.
Used in prp. e.An.1
3. sb. A sloven ; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Cum. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 304. n.Yks.2
e.Yks.1 What can lass meean bl takkin up wi sike a hack-slawer
as that ? w.Yks. A hasty slovenly fellow, both in habit and deed ;
but it has a peculiar respect to speaking ill, naturally or morally,
THORESBY Lett. (1703); He's a great idle hackslavver (L.M.S.) ;
w.Yks.14, Lan.1, e Lan.1. nw.Der.1 n.Lin.1 He's a love-begot an'
a real hackslaver.
HACKUM-PLACKUM, adv. Sc. Nhb. In equal shares ;
in exchange or barter.
Tev. Each paying an equal share, as of a tavern-bill (JAM.).
Nhb. (HALL.)
HACK-WOOD, sb. Nhb. Cum. Wm. The bird-cherry,
Primus Padus. See Hag-berry.
Nhb.1 Hack-wood is a name for the shrub itself, and hacker,
hack, and hagberry are names for the fruit. Cum., Wm. (B. & H.)
HACKY, si. Nhb. Also in form whacky (q. v.). [ha'ki.]
A prostitute ; a term of great contempt.
In a brawl in the streets of Newcastle (1888) one woman was
heard to call after another, ' Hacky, hacky, hacky ! ' ' Whacky'
was formerly the contemptuous term applied by natives of New-
castle to their neighbours on the south side of the Tyne. ' He's
nowt but a Durham whacky" (R.O.H.).
HACKY -MAL(L, see Hackmal.
HADABAND, sb. Sh.I. Also in form hadiband. A
wooden band fastening securely the ribs of a boat.
The main division between the rooms [compartments of a sixern]
was the fastabaands, or haddabaands, Sh. News (Oct. 21, 1899);
Da boat wis filled ta da hadabaands, SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) 250;
S. & Ork.1
HADDABAT, sb. Lin. [a'dabat.] The common bat.
MILLER & SKERTCHLY Finland ( 1878) xii.
HADDAG, HADDEN, see Haddie, Have, Hold.
HADDER,^.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. e.An. Also in
form hedder Sc. n.Cy. Nhb.1 Cum.14 Wm. e.An. [h)a'da(r,
h)e'da(r.] 1. Van kinds of heather or ling, esp. Calluna
vulgaris, Erica tetralix, and E. cinerea.
Sh.I. IV tak dy haand in mine, An wale for da saftest hedder,
JUNDA Klingrahool (1898) 26. n.Cy. GROSE (1790); (K.) ; N.Cy.2
Nhb. Reports Agric. (1793-1813', 20 ; Nhb.1 A house thatched with
' hedder and straw to gedders, or meadww thake and hadder to
gedders,' Dec. 14, 1505, WELFORD Hist. Newcastle, 22. Cum.
Skiddaw stack its hedder up, RICHARDSON Talk (1876) 2nd S. 14.
Cum., Wm. N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 40. w.Yks. You mun mind
your dresses w'en you get to the hadder (F.P.T.). e.Cy., e.An.
(B. & H.)
Hence (i) Hedder-faced, adj. rough-faced, unshaven ;
(2) Heddery or Hedry, adj. heathery ; fig. rough, shaggy.
(i) Cum. He's nobbet a hedder-feac'd mazlin, ANDERSON Ballads
(ed. 1840) 24; Whea's the hether-feac'd chap? ib. in; Cum.1
(2) Abd. Afore he us'd to bare his hedry pow, Where'er we met,
SHIRREFS Poems (1790) 87.
2. Comp. (i) Hedder-grey, (2) -linty, the twite or rock
Untie, Linotaflavirostris. Cum.4
VOL. III.
[They lay upon the ground, as the redshanks do on
hadder, BURTON Anat. Mel. (1621), ed. 1896, III. 220; With
peittis, with turuis, and mony turse of hedder, Sat. Poems
(c. 1570), ed. Cranstoun, I. 222 ; Full feill fagaldys in to the
dyk thai cast, Hadyr and hay bond, Wallace (1488) xi.SgS.]
HADDER, sb? and v. Dur. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Also in
forms hater Wm.1 ; hather, heather Lakel.2 [h)a'dar.]
1. sb. A fine rain or drizzle; a heavy mist or bank of fog.
s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Lakel.2 T'party at assd knew neea mair ner a
fiul what hadder meant, an' they set off withoot top cooats, an'
come back wet throo, an" gaan on aboot this hadder. Cum.1
Cum., n.Yks. -AT &• Q. (1882) 6th S. v.55- Wm.1 It's a sign o' bad
weather when them hater things cum up Sand.
Hence Haddery, adj. drizzling.
Cum. Auld Skiddaw, lap't i' heddery duds, RICHARDSON Talk
(1876) 2nd S. 13; It's a haddery day, SULLIVAN Cum. and Wm.
(1857) 81.
2. A state of perspiration ; sweat.
Lakel.2 Fouk at sweets a lot '11 say, ' Ah's o' in a hather.' Cum.4
3. v. To drizzle, rain finely.
s.Dur. It hadders and rains (J.E.D.). Lakel.2 Nay, it'll rain
nin, nut it marry ; it may hadder a bit. Cum. It keeps haddering
and raining, SULLIVAN Cum. and Wm. (1857) 81 ; Cum.1 It hadders
and rains on ; Cum.4 n.Yks. It hadders and roaks, N. & Q.
(1882) 6th S. v. 55.
Hence Heatheran, sb. a heavy mist. Lakel.2
HADDIE, sb. Sc. Also in forms haadie Ayr.; haddag
Cai.1 ; haddo. [ha'di.] 1. The haddock, Morrhua
aeglefinus; also used a/Mb.
Sc. A gill of brandy ower bread after the baddies, SCOTT
Antiquary (1816) v ; Can ye tell me, minister, how mony hooks it
taks to bait a fifteen score haddie line? DICKSON Auld Min.
(1892) 132. ne.Sc. We're nae deein' muckle at the baddies eynoo
ony gate, Gordonhaven (1887) 76. Cai.1 Per. The ale-wife's
fairin — Ait cakes, saut haddies, and red herrin', SPENCE Poems
(1898) 169. w.Sc. They catch speldings an' finnan haddies there,
MACDONALD Settlement (1869) 99, ed. 1877. Ayr. Haadies and
whiteys ! SERVICE Dr. Dtiguid ied. 1887) 88. Lnk. Mr. Sawdust
then came up to them, smiling like a ' boilt haddy,' GORDON
Pyolshaw (1885) 133. Lth. Mussels pickled nice wi' broo ; And
haddies caller at last carting, MACNEILL Poet. Wks. (1801) 171, ed.
1856. Edb. After a rizzard haddo, we had a jug of toddy, MOIR
Mansie Wauch (1828) xi. Slk. ' I, for one, eat no fish for a
twelvemonth.' 'Oh! the puir harmless haddies!' CHR. NORTH
Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 219. [SATCHELL ,1879).]
2. Comp. Haddo-breeks, the roe of the haddock. Rxb.
(JAM.)
HADDIGAUD, see Harry-gaud.
HADDIN, sb. N.I.1 [ha'din.] A ' hallan ' or partition
wall in a cottage facing the door.
In [it] is the triangular or other shaped 'spy-hole.'
HADDISH, sb. Obsol. Sc. Also in form haddies-
Ags. QAM.) A measure of any dry grain ; also in comp.
Haddies-cog.
Abd. The haddish is one-third of a peck. By Decree Arbitral —
one peck of meal to the miller, and one haddish to the under-
miller, Proof regarding the Mill of Inveramsay (c. 1814) (JAM.) ;
According to others a fourth of a peck (JAM.V Ags. Formerly
used for meting out the meal appropriated for supper to the
servants. It contained the fourth part of a peck (ib.*).
HADDLE, v. Glo. To throw out shoots from the root.
Cf. addle, v? 4.
In March they are again grited, and sometimes tumped, or
moulded close round, to make them haddie out, or throw forth
side shoots, MARSHALL Review (1818) II. 457.
HADDLE, HADDLIN, HADDO, see Addle, v.\ Head-
land, Haddie.
HADDOCK, s*.1 Sc. Also Som. Dev. Cor. Also in
form haddick Sh.I. n.Dev. Cor.; haddik Sh.I. 1. In comp.
Haddock-sand, grounds much frequented by haddocks.
Sh.I. If da Government hed been mair stricter . . . dey'd been
less raikin' o' wir haandlin' grand an haddick saands, Sh. News
(Apr. 2, 1898") ; A galleon belonging to the famous Spanish
Armada, which sank on a haddock-sand near Reawick Head,
HIBBERT Desc. Sh. I. (1822) 196, ed. 1891 ; The moonbeams
sparkled on the waters of the ' Haddik Saand,' BURGESS Lowra
Biglan (1896) 23.
HADDOCK
[10]
HAFFER
2. Phr. as deaf as a haddock, very deaf. Cf. addick.
w.Som.1 We seldom hear ' deaf as a post ' or any other than ' so
deef's a 'addick.' n.Dcv. Tha'rt so deeve as a haddick, Exnt.
Scold. (1746) 1. 123. Dev., Cor. Common, ELWORTHY Wd-bk.
(1888 . Cor. I was as deef as a haddick, TREGELLAS 7a/«(i868)8.
3. A term of contempt for any one.
Dmf. The most insignificant haddock in nature — a dirty, greasy,
cockney apprentice, CARLYLE Lett. (1831).
HADDOCK, si.2 Irel. Yks. Also written haddok
Wxf.1 1. A shock of corn consisting of a varying
number of sheaves, a ' hattock.'
Yks. Ten or twelve sheaves set upright in a double row, MORTON
Cyclo. Agric. (1863) (s.v. Stock) ; Of six sheaves (G.R.). ne.Yks.1
Of eight sheaves. Sometimes distinguished from a stock by not
having two additional sheaves on the top as a precaution against
rain. m.Yks.' Commonly twelve.
2. pi. Imperfectly threshed heads of corn left after win-
nowing. Wxf.1
HADDY-DADDY, see Hoddydoddy.
HADE, sb.1 Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Oxf. Also in
forms aid Wor. ; haid Lei.1 [ed.] A ' headland ' or strip
of land at the side of an arable field upon which the
plough turns.
Rut.1 A term in field mensuration. ' 6 rodes with hades at both
ends, a Landes 4 ro. with hades,' Terrier (1635). Lei.1 Nhp.1
A small piece of greensward or grass at the head or end of arable
land. A word that has gradually fallen into disuse, since the
inclosure of open fields. War. The word occurs in the Holbech
Estate Book (1770). It is still in common use (A.L.M.). Wor.
(E.S.) Oxf. Obs. The description of certeine arable landcs some
of them havinge hades of meadow and grasse grounde lieinge in the
Southefielde of Einsham, Map (in Corpus Christ! Coll. Oxon,i6i5).
Hence Hade-ley, a ' headland.'
War. Item one other section of land called a hade ley, Terrier
of Fenny Campion Glebe (1587) ; (A.L.M.) Lei.1 The upper 'land'
in a grass field, the lower one being called the 'foot-ley.' Both
as a rule run at right angles to the rest of the ' lands' in a field.
In the New Close a hadley and footeleay butting north and south,
the Town Hill furlong west, the Constable's piece east, Terrier of
Claybrook Glebe (1638).
[Horses may be teddered vpon leys, balkes, or hades,
FITZHERBERT Husb. (1534) 15. Norw. dial, hadd (pi.
haddir), a slope, an incline, rising ground, esp. on the
side of a hayfield ( AASEN, s.v. Hall) ; ON. hallr, a slope,
hill, cp. halla, to slope (ViGFtissoN) ; OHG. halden, ' m-
clinare' (GRAFF).]
HADE, sb.2 and v. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Stf. Der. Also
written haid Nhb. ; and in form aid w.Yks.1 Stf.1 [h)ed.]
L sb. Mining term : the slope or inclination of a dike
with the seam in a coal-pit ; the inclination of a vein of
lead or ore, a sloping vein.
N.Cy.1 By it the character of a trouble is determined. Nhb. The
haids of the several Slip Dykes . . . were ascertained, BUDDLE
Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Nhb. and Dur. (1831) I. 236; Nhb.1 Nhb.,
Dur. The slope or inclination of the leader of a dyke, GREEN WELL
Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). w.Yks. BAINES Yks. Past (1870) 20; w.Yks.1
A lodge or vein going downwards, N. or S. out of the perpendicular
line. Stf.1 Der. MANLOVE Lead Mines (1653) Gl- ! £»g- Gl-
Mining Terms (1830).
2. v. Of a vein of ore : to incline, dip.
w.Yks. BAINES Yks. Past (1870) 22 ; (T.T.) Der. MAWE
Mineralogy (1802) Gl. ; Veins upon an east and west point generally
hade or slope towards the south and north ; and south veins
towards the west, MANDER Miners Gl. (1834) ; Where any shaft
or turn descends like the side of a house or like the descent of a
steep hill it is said to hade, TAPPING Gl. to Manlove (1851).
Hence Hading, sb. a sloping vein.
Der. MANDER Miners Gl. 1824). nw.Der.1
[1. The same word as Hade, sb.1]
HADE, see Heed, Hide, v.2
HADEN, adj. Obs. Yks. w.Cy. Also in forms headen,
heiden w.Yks. Obstinate, headstrong ; ugly. Cf. heady.
w.Yks. HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781). w.Cy. (HALL.) [GROSE
HADES, sb. e.Lan.1 A place between or behind hills
and out of sight. Cf. hade, sb.1
HADGE-, see Hedge-.
HADICK, sb. Shi A hat. (Coll. L.L.B.)
HAE, HAED, HAEF, see Have, How, adv., Haet, Half.
HAEG, HAEL, see Hag, s*.2, Hale, adj.
HAELTY, adv. Sh.I. In phr. ill haelty eetim, nothing
whatever, ' deil a thing.'
Da men is aye best aff, haelty ill eetim dey hae ta dU bit tak aft
der kjaep [cap], an' set dem til, Sfi. News (Sept. 3, 1898) ; Common
HAEM, HAEMILT, see Hame, sb.1, Hamald.
HAEMONY, sb. Glo. The lemon-scented agrimony,
Agritnonia Eupatoria.
It is, I believe, sold to this day in Bristol market under the
name of Haemony, Monthly Pckt. (1863) V. 467 in (B. & H.).
HAEN, see Hain, v.1
HAENKS, v. Sh.I. [henks-1 With up : to hitch or
pull up.
I haenksd up me breeks — dis laskit strops is a curse, whin a body
is carryin' a burdeen, Sh. News (June 4, 1898 .
HAERST, HAESTIS, see Harvest, Hastis.
HAET, vbl. phr. and sb. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Amer. Also
written hait Sc. N.I.1 ; hate Sc. s.Don. ; and in forms
haed Sc. ; haeit Sh.I. ; haid Sc. (JAM.) ; head e.Fif.
1. vbl. phr. : Deil haet, the Devil have it ! Fiend had, the
Fiend have it ! used as a strong negative, equivalent to
' Devil a bit.'
Sc. Diel haet o' me kens, SCOTT Midlothian (1818) xvi. Sh.I.
Da deil haeit ye got for a second cup but da sam' as wal wattir,
Sh. News (Feb. 12, 1898). Frf. [He] swore the ficnt haed mair
He'd draw that day, MORISON Poems (1790! 18. Per. Wi' deil
haet but a tongue an' slavers To start anew on, HALIBURTON
Ochil Idylls (1891) 89. Fif. For de'il haet mair hae I to say,
TENNANT Papistry (1827) 103. e.Fif. Stanes. statics! and scraps
o' auld eiron ! feint head else, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (,1864) v. Ayr.
It was sae blunt, Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart, BURNS
Doctor Horttboot (.1785) st. 17. Lnk. Fint hate ye gie them but
wee pickles o' pease-meal, GRAHAM Writings ,'883) II. 227.
Edb. Deil hait we do will e'er content them ! MACNEILL Bygone
Times (1811) 17. Feb. On holidays ye did me ride For deil hate
else but shew, AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (18361 60. Rxb. De'il haet
was left but runts an' stibble, RUICKBIE Wayside Cottager (1807)
108. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.")
2. sb. Phr. Deil a haet. Fient a haet, Deuce a haet, Devil
a bit.
Abd. Some thousan' pounds, for fint a hait, Is nae bad notion,
COCK Strains (1810) II. 90. Rnf. The deuce a haet they could be
call'd But words and rhyme, M'GILVRAY Poems ^ed. 18621 160.
Lnk. The deil a hate o' wark she's done the day, BLACK Falls of
Clyde (1806) 173. Lth. Fient the haet o' them was soun', SMITH
Merry Bridal (1866) 12. Slk. Feint a haet he minds, HOGG Talcs
(1838) 363, ed. 1866. N.I.1
3. A whit, atom, anything, the smallest thing that can be
conceived, gen. in negative sentences.
Inv. ' That s a haet,' it is of no consequence. Used csp. in a
contemptuous sense (H.E.FV. Kcb. What haet cared they for
fortune's gifts ? ELDER Borgtit (1897) Io' Uls. I haven't a haet.
I didn't do a haet i^M.B.-S. . s.Don. Half-penny worth; a small
quantity, SIMMONS Gl. (1890). [Amer. Didn't get a hate, Dial.
Notes ( 1896) I. 389. ]
4. Phr. (i) haid nor maid, nothing at all ; (2) neither ocht
nor hale, neither one thing nor another.
(i) Ags. Used to denote extreme poverty. 'There is neither
haid nor maid in the house ' (JAM.), (a) Sc. (ib.}
HAEV, sb. Cai.1 A small hand-basket used by fisher-
men to carry bait.
[Norw. dial, haav, a fisherman's basket (AASEN).]
HAEVER, see Eaver, sb.'
HAFER, v. Suf.1 To act or speak in an unsettled, un-
steady manner from love or idleness, not necessarily from
immorality. Gen. in prp. ' A go haferen about.'
HAFER, HAF(F, see Halver, Haaf, sb.1
HAFFANT, sb. Sh.I. Also in form haffin. A para-
mour. S. & Ork.1
HAFFER, v.1 e.Yks.1 To speak stammeringly or
hesitatingly. Cf. baffle, haver, v.1
HAFFER, v." Som. Also written halfer. [a'fa(r).]
To make a noise like the bursting of a pod.
She told me that [formerly] the youth of both sexes used
to assemble under the tree [Glastonbury Thorn] at midnight on
Christmas Eve, in order to hear the bursting of the buds, . . and
HAFFER
HAFT
she added, 'As they corned out, you could hear 'um naffer,'
N. ff Q. (1866) 3rd S. ix. 34. n.Som. As they [buds] corned out
you could hear'um halfer, TIMES Thoughts for Times and Seasons, 9.
HAFFER, see Halver.
HAFFET, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Also written
haffat Abd. ; haffit Sc. S. & Ork.1 Nhb. [ha'fat, -it.]
1. The temple ; side of the face ; gen. in pi. • also used attrib.
Sc. The grey locks that straggled . . . down his weather-beaten
' haffets,' SCOTT Midlothian (1818) xlii. Sh.I. Da first ane o' da
tribe o" dem 'at male's for dark'nin' wir door, sail geng oot wi'
haet haffits, Sh. News (Mar. 5, 1898). S. & Ork.1 Elg. Guldroch's
cleuks Your haffits weel will claw, COUPER Poetry (1804) II. 70.
Abd. Her hand she had upon her haffat laid, Ross Helenore (1768)
27, cd. 1812. Per. Men bow'd wi' toil an' age — wi' haffets auld
an' thin, NICOLL Poems (ed. 1843) 226. Dmb. Your haffits dressing
clout for clout, SALMON Gowodean (i868~) 78. Kcd. Wi' haffet locks
as white 's a daisy, BURNESS Garron Ha' (c. 1826) 1. 10. Rnf.
And screed till the sweat fa' in beads frae his haffet, TANNAHILL
Poems (1807) 257, ed. 1817. Lnk. Her haffet locks hang waving
on her cheek, RAMSAY Gentle Shep. (1725) 23, ed. 1783. Lth.
Dark wave her haffet locks owre her white brow, MACNEILL
Poet. Wks. (1801) 212, ed. 1856. Edb. A runkled brow, sunburnt
haffits, and two sharp piercing eyes, MOIR Mansie Wauch (1828)
xx. Bwk. Set the stoor about your haffets, HENDERSON Pop.
Rhymes (1856) 79. Dmf. O haffet locks look weel whan
they're bleach'd like the snaw, CROMEK Remains (1810) 116.
Gall. Mess Hairry . . . had keeled ower Black Coskery wi' ae
stroke o' his oak clickie on the haffets, CROCKETT Standard Bearer
(1893) 124. Kcb. Whase haffet a Kilmarnock hood Kept warm
an" snug, DAVIDSON Seasons (1789) 64. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll.
L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Cum.* Wm.& Cum.1 Seylin sweats their
haffets bathe, 172.
Hence Haffet-clawing, vbl. sb. face-scratching.
Lnk. The fierce haffet-clawin o' an enraged woman, MURDOCH
Readings (ed. 1895) I. 121.
2. pi. Locks of hair, gen. growing on the temples.
Abd. Haffets whiter than the snaw Down ower yer happy
temples thinly fa', STILL Cottar's Sunday (1845) 159. Frf. The
carle . . . Wi' his haffets as white as the snaw. WATT Poet.
Sketches (1880) 115. Fif. Your haffets white an' a' that, DOUGLAS
Poems (1806) 169. Ayr. His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare,
BURNS Cotter's Sat. Night (1785) st. 12. Slk. Time had now
grizzled his haffets wi' snaw, HOGG Poems (ed. 1865) 67. Rxb.
Till the arm waxes weak and the haffet grows grey, RIDDELL Poet.
Wks. (1871) I. 118. N.I.1
3. pi. The jaws ; the under-sides of the jaw.
Nhb. The lugs o' hippocrissy hingin owor thor haffits, CHATER
Tyneside Aim. (1869) 46; Nhb.1
4. Phr. (i) I'll gie you a haffit, and P II scum your chafts to
you, I will give you a blow on the cheek; (2) I'll take my hand
from your haffet, I will give you a blow on the cheek ; (3)
to kaim down one's haffits, to give one a complete drubbing.
(i) Lth. (JAM.) (2) Sc. KELLY Prov. (1721) 396. (3) Abd. Then
they may Gallia's braggers trim, An' down their haffits kaim,
TARRAS Poems (1804) 139 (JAM.).
[1. Wnfreindlie eild had thus besprent My heid and
halfettis baith with camus hair, DOUGLAS Eneados (1513),
ed. 1874, ii. 248. OE. healfluafod, the front part of the
head (^LLFRIC).]
HAFFICK, sb. Sus. Tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter.
Bricklayers use the word in connection with the rubbish or
litter lying about. ' What a haffick you are making." ' We must
clear away the haffick' (F.W.L.) ; (E.E.S.) ; Not often heard now.
An old gardener looking at a flower-border said, ' Here's fire an'
all ofahaffic' (G.A.W.).
HAFFIGRAPH, sb. Obs. n.Yks.2 Also written
halfigraph. Half the breadth of an engraved line.
' It came to an haffigraph,' within a hair of the quantity required.
HAFFINS, see Halflins.
HAFFLE, sb. Nhb. [ha-fl.] A rag tied round an injured
finger ; a finger-poke. Cf. hovel, so.2
A finger-glove used to protect a quarryman's skin. Also used
by stone-wallers (G.M.) ; Nhb.1
HAFFLE, v. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Der. Not. Nrf. Also in forms hawfle n.Yks.2 ; heffle
Dur. Cum.14 Wm. ; hiffle Cum.14 [h)a'fl, he'fl.] 1. To
hesitate, speak confusedly, falter, stammer; to prevaricate,
quibble.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790); N.Cy.1 Nhb. He vvis hafflin (R.O.H.).
s.Dur. He heffied an' talked an' could git nowt out (J.E.D.).
Cum. I's tryin to hiffle oot o' nowt, GWORDIE GREENUP Anudder
Batch (1873) 7 ; Cum.14 Wm. It's nea use hafflin en leein aboot it,
TAYLOR Sketches (1882) 13 ; 'What are you heflin about? ' when
a person does not get on with their work (A.T.). n.Yks.12;
n.Yks.4 Deean't haffle leyke that, bud speeak plain. He awlus
haffles on that mich, whahl neeabody ho'ds ti owthesez. m.Yks.1
w. Yks. Thow'lt haffle and jest while fowk pine to death. SNOWDEN
Web of Weaver (1896; 46. Lan. He haffled at that, WALKDEN
Diary (ed. 1866) 113. n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.' Chs.1 ; Chs.3 Haffle, and
yore dun for. Der.', Not. (J.H.B.)
Hence (i) Haffle, sb. hesitation ; (2) Raffling, sb. con-
fused talk; (3) Haffling,/)//. adj., (4) Haffly, adj. hesitating,
indecisive ; prevaricating.
(i) Lan. Becose thou's no 'casion t'mak any haffle about it,
BRIERLEY Waverlow (1863) 85, ed. 1884. (2) N.Cy.1 Cum.Asteed
a payan om meh, adoot enny mair hifflin, SARGISSON Joe Scoap
(1881) no. Wm. After a full four hoors wer spent I' hifflin, hafflin
— shifflin shafflin ... I nailt him at last, Spec. Dial. (1872) pt. i. 43.
(3) n.Yks.2 w.Yks. He's a haffling speyker (J.B.). Lan.1 We'll
ha' noan o' thi hafflin' wark here. (4) n.Yks. He's nobbut a haffly
talker (I.W.).
2. Comb, (i) Haffle-caffle, to falter, vacillate, act with in-
decision. w.Yks.2 ; (2) -maffle, to speak unintelligibly,
stammer. w.Yks.1
3. Phr. (i) haffle and caffle, to shilly-shally ; (2) haffling
and jaffling, chattering, gossiping; (3) — shqffling, con-
fused, prevaricating.
1.1) nw.Der.1 Not. The doctor, he haffled and caffled, he didn't
rightly know what war wrong wi' her himself (L.C.M.) ; Not.1 (2)
Nrf. The goodwife may be 'haffling and jaffling' with a neigh-
bour, RYE Hist. Nrf. (1885) xv. (3) w.Yks. I make nought of haffling
and snaffling tales that keep part back, SNOWDEN Web of Weaver
(1896) i ; What are to afflin' an' shafflin' abaht ; get forrad wi'
thi teol (J.R.). Chs.1
4. Of a horse : when pawing the ground.
Der.1 Ee aaf'lz uliing(g' [he haffles along],
[1. Du. haffclen, to fumble, to dawdle ; to mumble ; also
used of old people whoeat their food with difficulty (BEETS).]
HAFFLIN, sb. Sc. Also in form halflin Abd. QAM.)
A plane used by carpenters.
Sc. Still in use. It is in size between the hand-plane and the
large finishing plane (G.W. ; (JAM.) Abd. The plane that is used
after the ' Scrub ' or ' Foreplane ' and before the ' Jointer ' (»6.).
HAFFLING, see Halfling.
HAFT, sb.1 and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms hart Hmp. w.Som.1 nw.Dev.1; heft Sc.
QAM.) S. & Ork.1 Cai.1 Nhb.1 Dur.1 Cum.14 Wm. n.Yks.14
n.Lan.1 Not.1 Lin.1 n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Bdf. e.An.1 Suf.1
Hmp.1 [h)aft, aeft, h)eft] 1. sb. A handle, esp. of a
knife or small tool.
Sc. Cripple Archy . . . strak like a Turk wi' the heft o' a hammer,
MS. Poem (JAM.). Sh.I. Turnin' a pancake wi' da heft o' a iron
spune, Sh. News (Apr. 2, 1898;. S. & Ork.1, Cai.1 Ayr. As
muckle ... as wou'd made a heft to a kail gully, AINSLIE
Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 78. Ant. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.)
N.Cy.1 Nhb. ' Frae the sword, the heuk heft, and the gallace may
the Lord deliver us ! ' viz. from war, shearing, and the gallows,
DIXON WfeY/j'wgVmw £We (1895) 277. Dur.1, Cum.14 Wm. Theear's
a heft ta put te bleead in, CLARKE Jonny Shippards Journa (ed.
1870 15 ; As t'shapless form a gully waved Wi' bleudy bleayde
an heft, WHITEHEAD Leg. (1859) 14, ed. 1896. n.Yks.^; n.Yks.4
T'knife's gitten a grand heft tul 't. ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. NICHOLSON
Flk-Sp. (1889) 65 ; e.Yks.1, w.Yks.=4, n.Lan.1 Chs.1 Chs. men
neversay ' handle,' but always 'haft.' Not.1, s.Not.(J.P.K.;, n.Lin.1,
sw.Lin.1, s.Lin. (T.H.R.) Nhp.1 When all is gone, and none left,
Turn the blade into the heft. s.Wor. (H.K.), Rdn.1, Brks.1, Bdf.
(J.W.B.),e.An.>, Saf.1, Hmp.1 Som. I went up to cut a straight . . .
stick for a good haft, RAYMOND Men o' Mendip (1898) vii. w.Som.1
Thick wid'n be a bad knive, neef's had [if thou hadst] a new hart
an'anewblade toun. Haft notso common as hart. Dev.1, nw.Dev.1
Hence (i) Hafted,///. adj. fitted with a handle; (2) Heft,
sb.,fig. a portion, part ; (3) Heft-end, sb.,fig. the beginning,
commencement.
(i) Per. Bra' knives, hafted wi' bane, NICOL Poems (1766) 48.
n.Cy. (J.W.) Dor. All the broken-hafted speades, BARNES Poems
(1869-70) 67. (2) n.Yks.4 Thoo's nobbut gitten a heft on 't, sha's
kept t'main on t'back. (3) Sc. Once more he tackled the subject by
the 'heft end,' FORD Thistledown (1891) in.
c a
HAFT
[12]
HAG
2. Cotnp. Heft-pipe, a temporary handle used in grinding
razors and forks.
w.Yks. Bil Heftpoip [a Sheffield grinder], BYWATER Sheffield
Dial. (1839) 4.
3. The right-hand side of a band of reapers. Also in
phr. haft and point, the outermost party on each side in
a field of reapers.
Sc. MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863). Dmt (JAM.)
4. Phr. (i) by the haft, a common oath ; (2) down i" fheft,
weakly, despondent, ' down in the mouth ' ; (3) dunna
waste afresh haft on an ould blade, don't throw good money
after bad ; (4) every knife of his'n has a golden haft, every-
thing he undertakes turns out well ; (5) fulfilled to the heft,
fulfilled thoroughly ; (6) heft or blade, any part ; (7) like
heft and blade, close companions ; (8) loose f fneft, dissolute,
dishonest, untrustworthy ; (9) to be done to fheft, to be worn
out by toil ; (10) to have both heft and blade to hadd, to have
things entirely under one's own control ; (n) to have nee
heft fane's hand, to be unthrifty, extravagant ; (12) to hold
one in the heft, to be a match for one ; (13) to stick to the
haft, not to desert.
11) nw.Der.1 [The cross of the sword-heft or handle was
frequently sworn by, N. V Q. (1899) 9th S. iv. 355.] (a) m.Yks.1
(3, 4) Chs.3 (5) Ayr. The Scriptural text was fulfilled to the heft,
LAING Poems (1894) in. (6) Ayr. He'll not get either heft or
blade o' my vote for sic a trifle, GALT Lairds (1826) xxxiv. (7)
Kcd. They had been like heft an' blade The feck o' baith their
lives, GRANT Lays (1884) 56. (8) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Feb.
a, 1895). w.Yks.2 He's a bit loose i' t'heft ! (9) w.Yks.1 (to)
Abd. (JAM.) ; Ye had, In your ain hand to hadd, baith heft and
blade, Ross Helenore (.1768) 90, ed. 1813. (n) Nhb. (R.O.H.)
(la) w.Yks.1 (13) Per. The Highland Clans stuck to the haft,
MONTEATH Dunblane (1835) 107, ed. 1889.
5. v. To fit with, supply with ; gen. in pass.
S. ft Ork.1 n.Yks. He was hefted wl plenty o' lads (I.W.).
nc. Yks.1 e.Yks.1 Bill's hefted up wi munney. Betty hoose is
hefted up wl muck, MS. add. (T.H.)
6. To hold fast, beset, encumber ; pen. in pass.
n.Yks.1 Ah doo'ts he'll find hissel' sair hefted wiv her ; n.Yks.2
Hefted with a large family.
[For fig. use in the sense of a pretext, see Heft, sb.a\
HAFT, sb* Obs. Stf. A little island or raised bank
in a pond on which water-fowl build their nests.
The Hafts or Islands in thepooles, PLOTS//. ;i686) 232 ; (K.);
Stf.1
HAFT, see Heft, sb.2, v*
HAFTER, sb. Obs. N.Cy.2 A wrangler, caviller.
[Vitilitigalor, an hafter, a wrangler, a quarreller, GOULD-
MAN (1678) ; so BARET (1580).]
HAFTY, adj.. Cum. Yks. Also in form hefty Cum.4
e.Yks. [h)a'fti.l Saucy, pert; handy, active. See Haft, sb.1
Cum.4 n.Yks. He's hafty at his work (I.W.). n. & e.Yks. Still
fairly common in N. &. E. Ridings (R.S.). e.Yks. (Miss A.)
HAG, sA.« Sc. n.Cy. Wm. Yks. Lan. War. Glo. Ken.
Sur. Sus. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms
haig Cai.1 ; heg Ken.1 [h)ag, aeg.] 1. An evil spirit or
infernal being in female form ; also applied to the fairies
or pixies ; a witch.
n.Yks. (T.S.), Ken.1, I.W.', w.Som.1
Hence Hagging, vbl. sb. practising the arts of a witch.
n.Yks.2
2. Comb, (i) Hag-begagged, bewitched; (2) -bone, the
shoulder-bone or blade of a sheep ; (3) -'s pence, old coins
found in the ground ; (4) -ride, to bewitch ; to inflict with
nightmare ; also used fig. and gen. in pp. ; (5) -stone, a
stone with a hole in it, used as a charm against witches ;
(6) -track, a 'fairy-ring' or circle of coarse green grass
found in meadows and on downs.
(i) Dev. Thereaway, every land save feyther's was called hag-
bcgagged, to keep us childer in proper bounds belike, MADOX-
BROWN Yeth-hounds (1876) 353. (.a) Som. Witches were believed
to ride upon these and consequently it was necessary to burn
them (W.F.R.). (3) Ken." (4) Sc. The thought of the dead men
hag-rode my spirits, STEVENSON Calriona (1893) iii. Edb. Hag-rid
wi' conscience, gout, an' spleen, LEARMONT Poems (1791) 58.
n.Cy. Denham Tracts (cd. 1895) II. 86. Sus. This unhappy man,
he said, was hag-ridden, HEATH Eng. Peas. (1893) 191. Sus.1,
Wil.1 Dor. Souls above us, your face is as if you'd been hag-rode,
HARDY 7Vss(i89i)424, ed. 1895 ; Dor.1 The nightmare is attributed
to the supernatural presence of a witch or hag by whom one is
ridden in sleep. Som. Abraham was hag-rod every night of his
life about two ' in marnen,' RAYMOND Love and Quiet Life (1894)
aos ; (W.F.R.) w.Som.1 Also applied to horses which often break
out into a sweat in the stable, and are said to have been hag-rided,
or pixy-rided. The belief is quite common that the pixies come and
ride the horses round the stable in the night. Most farm stable-
doors have a rusty horseshoe nailed, sometimes to the threshold,
generally on the inside of the lintel, to keep off the pixies. Dev.
Hag-ridden, entangled (HALL.). Cor. There was the Vicar with
inflated cheeks and a hag-ridden stare, ' Q.' Troy Town (1888) ix.
(5) Lan. A hag-stone, penetrated with a hole, and attached to the
key of the stable, preserved the horse from being ridden by the
witch, HARLAND & WILKINSON Flk-Lore (1867) 72; THORNBER
Hist. Blackpool (1837 too; A hag-stone with a hole through, tied
to the key of the stable-door, protects the horses, and if hung up
at the bed's head, the farmer also, A'. &> Q. (1851) ist S. iii. 56.
(6) Sur. Many a large ' ring ' or ' hag-track ' may be seen in lonely
spots, JENNINGS Field Paths (1884) 67. Sus. Most interesting
objects . . . upon the South Downs are the numerous fairy-rings
or ' hag-tracks,' LOWER South Downs (1854) 154 ; Sus.1 Supposed
to be tracks of hags or witches who have danced there at night.
3. Fig. A violent, ill-tempered woman, a scold ; an ugly,
dirty woman. Cai.1, Lan. (S.W.), War.2, Glo.1
[1. Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, MILTON
Coinus (1634) 434.]
HAG, sb* n.Cy. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Brks. Bck. Hrt.
Ken. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Dev. Also in forms aag
w.Yks.; ag- Brks.1 Sus.1; aga Ken. Hmp. Wil.; agg
Bck. ; aght Dev. ; ague Chs.3 ; aig, haag w.Yks. ;
haeg w.Yks. Chs.; haga I.W. ; hagga Brks.1; haghe
n.Cy. w.Yks.3 Der.1 nw.Der.1 ; hague w.Yks.1 Lan.1
ne.Lan.1 Chs.1 ; haig w.Yks.45 Lan.1 e.Lan.1 Chs.1 ; haigh
w.Yks.28; hoeg Chs.3 [eg, esg, aeg.] 1. A haw, the
fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha ; gen. in pi.
Also in cornp. Hag-berry.
n.Cy. BAILEY (1721). w.Yks. Us lads kept blawin' aags at one
another, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Apr. 4, 1891); Getting stuff to cat
— haegsand epps,SNOWDEN WebofWeaver ^1896) 6; w.Yks.12345,
Lan. (S.W.', Lan.', ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1 Chs. Science Gossip (1865)
198; Chs.13, Der.1, nw.Der.1 Brks. Gl. (1852); Brks.1, Ken.
(W.H.E.1, Hmp. (J.R.W.), (W.H.E.), Hmp.1, Wil. (W.H.E.),
I.W. (B. & H.) Dev. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) [RAY (1691).]
Hence (i) Agarves (? Hag-haws), (2) Agasses or
Hagasses, (3) Agogs, sb. pi. haws, the fruit of the haw-
thorn ; (4) Haggises, sb. pi. hips, the fruit of the dog-rose,
Rosa canina.
(i) Sus.1 ia)Sus. (R.P.C.), Hmp. (J.R.W.) (3) Brks.1 (4)
Hmp.1
2. The hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha. Lan.1
3. Comp. (i) Hag-blossom, the blossom of the haw-
thorn ; (2) -bush, the hawthorn ; (3) -leaf, (4) -paper,
the great mullein, Verbascum Thapsus; (5) -rope(s, the
wild clematis, Clematis Vitalba ; (6) -taper, see (4) ; (7)
•thorn, (8) -tree, see (2).
(i) w.Yks. (D.L.) Lan. Wilt ha' this bit o' hague-blossom ?
BRIERLEY Irkdale 1,1865) iv. (a) w.Yks. (S.P.U.) (3, 4) Bck.
Science Gossip (1869) a6. (5) Som. N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. viii.
358 ; W. & J. Gl. (1873 ... w-Som.1 (6) Hrt. ELLIS New Experiments
(1750)33. (7) w.Som.1, Dev.4 (8) w.Yks. (S.P.U.)
[1. A form of lit. E. haw, OE. haga, the fruit of the
hawthorn ; cp. LG. hagdoorn, ' Crataegus oxyacantha '
(BERGHAUS).]
HAG, sb* n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also Cor. [h)ag, aeg.]
A thick white mist or fog.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. Gent. Mag. (1794), ed. Gommc ; Nhb.1, Wm. (J.H.)
n.Yks. A frost hag (T.S.) ; n.Yks.1 Such as sometimes occurs
coincidently with frost : whence frost hag ; n.Yks.24, m.Yks.1 , Cor.2
Hence Haggy, adj. misty from the frost. n.Yks.2
HAG, sb* n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. [h)ag.] The paunch,
belly. See Haggis, 3.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Nhb.1 Lan. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) ;
Lan.1
HAG, s6.8 ? O*5. Bdf. Som. Idle disorder.
Bdf. You have got the hag, BATCHELOR Anal. Eng.Lang. (1809)
136. Som. (HALL.)
HAG
[13]
HAG
HAG, v.1 and sb.6 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Brks.
Htnp. Wil. Also written hagg Sc. War. Shr.2 ; and in
forms ag N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 w.Yks. Not.1; agg Brks.1 Hmp.
Wil.1 [h)ag, aeg.] 1. v. To hew, chop ; to cut down
with an axe ; to hack, cut clumsily or roughly.
Sc. That chief sin, that he should have a hand in bagging and
hashing at Christ's kirk, STEVENSON Catriona (1893) xv. Fif. Wi'
their swords them hash't and hagget, TENNANT Papistry (1827)
211. Dmb. I doot I've haggit the feck o' my chin awa', CROSS
Disruption (1844) xiv. Ayr. Let him swurl his glaive [sword] wi'
a' his micht, and hag the heid o't aff at ance, SERVICE Notandums
(1890) 125. Lnk. They may hag and hew my body as they
please, WODROW Ch. Hist. (1721) IV. 112, ed. 1828. Gall. The
dragoons are . . . haggin' them doon, CROCKETT Moss-Hags (1895)
iii. N.I.1 I hagged a wheen o' sticks. Ant. Ballymena Obs.
(1892). N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1 Cum. Begon to hag his way through
t'deurr, DICKINSON Lamplugh (1856) 9; (M.P.) ; Cum.3 T'oald
tinkler hoond hed hagg't it off afooar he mead a fleeght on't, 71.
Wm. He teeak it intle his heead it heed hagg it doon, Spec. Dial.
(1877) pt. i. 25; (M.P.) n.Wm. (B.K.), s.Wm. (J.A.B.), n.Yks.3,
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. WILLAN List Wds. (1811) ; w.Yks.1 They hagged
a nice birk for't yusterneet, ii. 290 ; w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1 Not.1 Don't
'ag the meat that road. Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884)
334. n.Lln.1 Doan't hag thy meat 'e that how, lad. sw.Lin.1 Of
woodmen :' They started hagging last week.' Nhp.1 \V&r. B'ham
Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.123, Shr.2 Brks.1 What be at
a-aggin the me-at like that ther, 'twunt go hafe zo vur. Hmp.1
Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892) ; Wil.1
Hence (i) Hagger, sb. (a) one who uses a hatchet, one
employed to fell trees ; (b) a coal-hewer ; (2 ) Haggit,
ppl. adj. notched, jagged ; (3) Hagman, sb. one who gains
his living by felling and selling wood ; a woodcutter.
(i, a) Lnk. (JAM.) (b) Cum.1 ; Cum.4 It's leyke forty thousand
cwoal naggers at wark i' me inseyde, W. C. T. X. (1894) 5, col. 2.
(2) Sc. The rawzor haggit like a saw, HISI.OP Anecdote (1874)
223. (3) n.Sc. (JAM.) e.Sc. That's what he ca'd his hagman last
year, SETOUN R. Urquhart ^1896; xix. Yks. Obs. HONE Table-bk.
(1827) 8.
2. Phr. (i) to hag and trail, to ' cut and carry,' to be self-
dependent, to do everything oneself; (2) — at a thing, to
persevere, labour, work away at a thing ; (3) — rice,
to cut brushwood ; fig. to do anything speedily, make
a swift clearance of anything.
(i) Lakel.2 A man mun deea o' at ivver he can fer hisself ; he
mun hag-an'-trail his awn. (2) Cum.1 (3) Cum. ' Gaun on like a
man haggin rice,' great progress made in a short time, N. & Q.
(1871) 5th S. ii. 71. Cum., Wm. ' Ga'un on, like a man haggin'
rice,' was sometimes used in a comic way, as indicating a swift
clearance by a hungry or hasty person at table (M.P.).
3. Comp. (i) Hag-block, (2) -clog, a chopping-block,
a large block of wood, used to chop firewood, &c. on ; a part
of a tree-stem ; (3) -iron or Haggon, a blacksmith's
chisel ; (4) -stock, see (2).
(r) Wgt. Hughie's shop was well stocked with visitors ; so much
so that he could scarcely get the use of his hag-block, FRASER
Wigtown (1877) 375- (a) Gall. I could hear him at the hag-clog
where we cut the branches and wood into billets to go into the
great fireplace, CROCKETT Raiders (1894) xxxv. n.Cy. HOLLOWAY.
Cum.1 n.Wm. Tak it ta t'hag-clog ta chop (B.K.). n.Yks.124,
m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 (3) Rxb. A chisel on which the blacksmith cuts
off the nails from the rod or piece of iron of which they are made
(JAM.). w.Yks.2 An inverted chisel which a blacksmith puts into
his anvil when he wishes to cut anything off. (4) Lakel.2, Cum.1,
s.Wm. (J.A.B.) ne.Lan.1 As foul as t'hagstock.
4. To use the rake in haymaking with a peculiar sharp
action. Lei.1 Cf. hack, v.1 23.
5. Fig. To bungle, mangle any business.
Sc. But let them hag and hash on, for they will make no cleanly
work neither in state nor church, WALKER Remark. Passages
(1727) 80 'JAM.).
6. sb. A stroke with a sharp and heavy instrument,
a hack ; a notch, mark ; esp. in phr. to give the hallen,
or post, a 'hag, to make a mark in remembrance of a
notable eve'nt, to ' chalk up ' an event. Cf. hack, sb.1 6.
Ayr. I'm sure the post should get a hag when we hear o* him
coming wi' hundreds o' pounds in his pouch, GALT Entail (1823)
xxi. Lnk. ' He may strike a hag i' the post,' a proverbial phr.
applied to one who has been very fortunate (JAM.). Cum. A very
complimentary speech to a rare or notable visitor : ' We mun give
t'hallen a hag as ye're cum't ' (M.P.).
7. A clearing or cutting down of timber ; a cutting in
a wood.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. The number of trees in the oak wood have been
considerably diminished. A great hag in 1802-3 thinned them,
H\KD\ Hist. Bwk. Naiur.Clnb,\ll\. 401; (R.O.H.); Nhb.1, Cum.
(M.P.)
8. An allotment of timber for felling, a certain portion of
wood marked off to be cut down.
Sc. The derk hag, which had somewhat puzzled him in the
butler's account of his master's avocations, . . was simply a
portion of oak copse which was to be felled that day, SCOTT
Waverley (1814) x ; There is to be exposed for sale by public roup,
— a hag of wood, consisting of oak, beech and birch, all in one lot,
Edb. Even. Courant (Mar. 26, 1803) (JAM.). Cld. Woods that are
extensive are divided into separate lots called hags, one of which
is appointed to be cut annually, Agric. Surv. 137 («ft.\ Dmb.
They [the oak woods] are of such extent as to admit of their being
properly divided into 20 separate hags or parts, one of which may
be cut every year, Statist. Ace. XVII. 244 (ib.). Nhb.1, ne.Lan.1
War. The separate portions [of a fall of timber] so divided are
called each man's hagg, BAKER Gl. (1854). Shr.1 When a wood
is to be cut down, a number of men range themselves at the edge
of the wood at about forty yards apart, then they start, proceeding
in straight lines through the wood, hewing down the underwood,
and hacking the outer bark of the trees with their ' hackers' as
they go along ; shouting to each other in the meanwhile, in order
to keep their respective distances, till they reach the farther limit.
The lines thus cleared form the boundaries of the hag apportioned
to each man to fell ; Shr.2
9. A lot of about 100 ash or willow poles.
War.4 The ould Colonel, he got 50 hags of poles off a quarter
acre, and sold them for three pounds a hag.
10. Brushwood, hedge, low bushy wood cut for firewood.
Sc. The lesser branches used for fire-wood after the trees are
felled for carpentering, sometimes Auld hag (JAM.) ; Give me some
of that hag, MILLER My Schools (1879) iv. Frf. The fresh young
sprouts, that took the place of the old tangled ' hagg,' after the
purifying flames had passed over it, INGLIS Ain Flk. (1895) 15.
ne.Yks.1 Wor. In common use in connexion with the divisions of
underwood, N. <&> Q. (1887^ 7th S. iii. 35.
Hence (i) Hag-road, (2) -way, sb. a path or way cut
through the undergrowth of a wood.
(i) Der. We mun cut a hag-rooad thro t'underbrush, maister,
N- <&° Q- (l878) 5th S. ix. 515. (2) s.Lin. Used by keepers, beaters,
and sportsmen to signify the narrow winding paths that are cut
through the undergrowth of a wood to allow the shooters to get
at the game, ib. (1886) 7th S. ii. 366. Rut. ib. (1878) 5th S. ix.
68 ; Rut.1 Used by the beaters when engaged in driving game.
11. Comp. (i) Hag-snar(e, the stub left in the ground
from which coppice-wood has been cut; the stump of
a tree ; (2) -staff, a rod used to mark the boundary of a
fall of timber ; (3) -wood, a copse or wood fitted for having
a regular cutting of trees in it.
(i) n.Yks.124 ne.Yks.1 At Linton-on-Ousc there are two
contiguous fields called 'T'hag' and • Snahry clooas.' e.Yks.
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796) II. 324. n.Lin.1 The perpendicular
end or stump of the thorn at the surface of the ground after the
upper portion has been partially divided and laid horizontally.
(2) ne.Lan.1 War. BAKER Gl. (1854). (3) Bwk. Ancient oak
forests . . . which have grown into a kind of copse, or what is
termed in Scotland hag-woods, Agric. Surv. 334 (JAM.).
12. Phr. clear the hag, clear all out of the way. Gall.
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 251, ed. 1876.
[1. Degrader une forest, to hagge, or fell it all down,
COTGR. ; pai . . . hurlit jmrgh the hard maile, hagget the
lere, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 10023. ON. hoggva, to hew.]
HAG, v.2 Lin. Hmp. Dev. [ag, aeg.] 1. To pull,
draw ; to drag out.
Lin. (R.E.C.) s.Lin. Hag your money out (I.W.). s.Hmp.
Tripped him up ... wi' hagging at a rope, VERNEY L. Lisle (1870)
xxv. Dev. Missis, I've abin awver tii Mr. Broom's, an" 'ad out my
tuthe, an' 'e hagged til 'n zo I thort 'e 'd abroked my jaw, HEWETT
Peas. Sp. (1892).
2. To rob, take.
Lin. There was a nest there, but some one has hagged it (R.E.C. ).
HAG, v? Nhb.1 [hag.] Of the moon : to wane.
;gard.
>le, Refx>rts Provinc. ( 1889).
1. A stout linen fabric,
HAG
HAG, adj. Dev. [asg.] Hai
She looks very hag since her troul
HAGA, see "Hag, sb?
HAG-A-BAG, sb. Obs. Sc.
huckaback.
n.Sc. Properly cloth made wholly of tow for the use of the
kitchen QAM.). Bnff. Thro' lawn hagabag her breast did keek,
TAYLOR Poems (1787) 76. Lnk. Clean hag-a-bag I'll spread upon
his board, RAMSAY Gentle Shep. (1725) 37, ed. 1783.
2. Refuse of any kind. n.Sc. (JAM.)
HAG-ABOUT, sb. Yks. [a'g-sbat.] An idle, loung-
ing fellow.
w.Yks. He wor what is knone be that strong, but foorcibul wurd,
a hag-a-baate, TIFFAMY Yks. Tyke's Ann. (1872) 35.
HAG- A-KNOWE, sb. Lan. Also written haggoknow.
An ungainly blockhead.
Wot could we do wi sitch haggoknows as these i' Bowton ?
STATON B. Shuttle, 34 ; Sit to deawn, thae gawmbless hag-a-knowe,
oraw'llkom thi yure for tho, WAUGH Ben an' th' Bantam, v; Lan.1
HAGAL, HAGALEF, see Haggle, s/>.1, Hogalif.
HAGASTED, adj. Sh.I. Familiarized with a par-
ticular place by a long stay in it. S. & Ork.1
HAG-BERRY, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. e.Cy. Hmp. Also in forms eck-berry Cum.1 ; egg-
Cum.1 n.Yks.1 w.Yks.1; hack- Sc. HAM.) Nhb.1 e.Cy.
Hmp. ; hacker- Nhb.1 ; heck- N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Lakel.1 Dur.1
Cum.1 Wm. n.Yks. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. ; heg- Nhb.1 Cum. Wm.;
hie- Wm. 1. The fruit and tree of the bird-cherry,
Prunus Padus.
Per. On the banks of the Lunan, there is a shrub here called
the hack-berry . . . that carries beautiful flowers which are
succeeded by a cluster of fine blackberries, Statist. Ace. IX. 239
QAM.). Lnk. While hagberry and bourtree bushes shelter the
gardens from intrusive sheep, FRASER Whaups (,1895) i- N.Cy.1,
Nhb.1. Lakel.1, Dnr.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Cum. From its growth in
hedges ; though children at Langwathby used to say, ' We caw
them hegberries because they heg our teeth,' i. e. set the teeth on
edge (B. & H.) ; Cum.1 Wm. (J.H.) ; The heckberry trees . . .
caught and emphasised the golden rays, WARD R. Elsmere (1888)
28, nthed. n.Yks. (W.H.), n.Yks.14, ne.Yks.1 w.Yks. WILLAN
List IVds. (1811); (J.T.) ; w.Yks.1, Lan.1, neXan.1, e.Cy., Hmp.
(B. & H.)
2. The wild service, Pyrus torminalis. m.Yks.1
[1. Dan. hceggebcer, Norw. dial, heggjebcer ( AASEN) ; ON.
heggr, the bird-cherry (VIGFUSSON).]
HAGDOWN, sb. I. Ma. The greater shearwater,
Puffinus major. SWAINSON Birds (1883) 212.
HAGEL, see Haggle, v.'
HAGER, sb. Cor.2 Ugly, deformed, rough ; fierce,
cruel, evil.
[OCor. hager (WILLIAMS).]
HAGERY, adj. Sh.I. Also in form haegry. Of
worsted : rough, short in the fibre.
Dey widna luik at him [it] becaas dey tought he wis made o'
hagery wirsit, Sh. News (June 12, 1897); 'Lass, I links hit's
[worsted] haegry ! ' . . ' Haegry! . . Hit's a come o' lambs 'oo', man,
an' hit wis awful short," ib. (Oct. 8, 1898).
HAGES, sb. Sc. A disguised form of the word
' Jesus,' used in petty oaths.
Lnk. By hages! Jean, it's weel kent aboot the raws that ye
wear the br«eks, GORDON Pyotshaw (1885) 21.
HAGESTER, see Hagister.
HAG(G, sb.1 Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Lin. Shr.
[h)ag.] A wooded enclosure ; a wood, copse.
n.Cy. At Aukland Castle, the park was formerly called the Hagg
(K.) ; N.Cy.1 Gen. one into which cattle are admitted. Nhb.1
Com.1 A woody place intermixed with grass land. A wooded hill.
Wm. (J.H.), n.Yks.124 e.Yks. Originally, perhaps, the woodland
set apart, by the lord of the soil, for fuel for his tenants ; many
woods yet retain the name of hags, and one wood, in Sinnington,
that of ' poor folks hags,' MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796). m.Yks.1
w.Yks.1 A hanging wood ; w.Yks.2 A hag of hollin was the holly
trees growing upon a certain portion of ground in the commons
of the manor of Sheffield ; w.Yks.4, Lan.1 , ne.Lan." Lin. (W. W.S.) ;
Used only as a proper name for a wood (R.E.C.). Shr.1 There is
a farm called the Hag a few miles south of Bridgnorth, in the
parish of Highley ; Shr.2
[He led me over holts and hags, FAIRFAX Tasso (1600)
.] HAG(G
viii. xli. A form of OE. haga, an enclosure (£ARLE
Charters'), lit. E. haw.}
HAG G, sb.* Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lin. Rut. Nhp.
e.An. Also in form hack Sc. (JAM.) [h)ag, aeg.] 1. A
rock or cliff; an abrupt, cliffy prominence.
Nhb.1 n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 Built on the face of the hag ; n.Yks.4,
m.Yks.1
2. Wild, broken ground ; rocky moorland ; a common,
waste.
Gall. Down heuchs and craigs— and glens and hags, As fast as
he cud flee, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 24, ed. 1876; Hags —
Rocky moor ground ; Rocky, mossy, black wilds, ib. 251. n.Yks.1
Such as may be met with in boggy, and therefore uncultivated,
lands. w.Yks. The strongest nag that crosses th' hagg Wi' wots
to Fullod mill, SENIOR Smithy Rhymes (1882) 46 ; w.Yks.12
3. A piece of soft bog in a moor or morass ; a break in
a ' moss ' or bog from which peats have been cut. Also
called Moss-hag, Peat-hag, and in comp. Hag-moss.
Sc, Tearing thro' moss and hagg, SCOTT Abbot ( 1820) xvii ;
That part in mosses which is naturally or artificially cut, hollowed,
bagged, or hacked ; naturally by water runlets forming hollows,
and artificially by, among other means, the cutting and removal
of peat, N. & Q. (1874) sth S. ii. 253. Per. The murky flag
Flaps on Turftenant's rushy hag, SPENCE Poems (1898) 189. Drab.
I had made sure To find him in the hag o' Coars-Neuk Moor,
SALMON Gowodean (1868) 49. Slg. The summit and back part is
a deep muir ground, interspersed with moss hags, Statist. Ace. XV.
317 (JAM.). Ayr. Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' hags Like
drivin' wrack, BURNS Ep. toj. Lapraik (Sept. 13, 1785 , st. 2. Lnk.
Now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless
wight fell into a moss hagg, FRASER Whaups (1895) 119. Edb.
A deep peat moss, broken into hags and hillocks, PENNECUIK Wks.
(1715) 116, ed. 1815. Peb. Wi' a divot's weight Ta'en from mossy
hag, Lintoun Green (1685) 39, ed. 1817. Slk. I was crossing frae
Loch Ericht fit to the held o' Glenorchy, and got in among the
hags, CHR. NORTH Noctes fed. 1856} II. 405. Rxb. A'. & Q. (1874)
5th S. ii. 115. Dmf. Instead o' hag moss beat wi' sleet, Were
miles on miles, rich holms o' wheat, SHAW Schoolmaster (1899)
369. Kcb. 'Mang our clints and hags and rashy bogs Chiefs do
appear would claw a fallow's lugs, ELDER Borgue (1897) 33.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. Right yaul they lap ower hagg and syke, GRAHAM
Moorland Dial. (1826)5; (R.O.H.) Cnm. (M.P.), Wm. J.H.),
n.Yks.28 Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (18841 334. n.Lin.1
Ther's many a boss lies been lost e' them peat moor hags. sw.Lin.1
If you get into one of them hags, there is no getting out.
Hence Haggy, adj. full of ' hags,' rough, broken, boggy.
Dmb. The fee o't thrivin' moss and haggle wood, SALMON
Gowodean (1868 70. Lnk. He thocht he had yet tae cross A haggy,
benty. splashy moss, THOMSON Musings (1881) 62. n.Yks.4 Lin.
A bad highway is said to be ' strange and haggy,' N. & Q. (1874)
5th S. i. 311. Nhp.1 Applied to any coarse rough- uneven ground.
Most used in a woodland district. e.An.1 Suf. Applied to the
broken and uneven surface of the soil when in a moist state,
RAINBIRD Agric. (1819) 294, cd. 1849. e.Suf. (F.H.)
4. A water-hollow or channel, wet in winter and dry in
summer. Sc. TV. &> Q. (1874) 5th S. ii. 253.
5. A muddy hollow, a deep hole in a rut.
Lin. N. & Q. (1873) 5th S. i. 311. sw.Lin.1 The road was full
of hags.
6. A stiff clump of coarse grass ; an islet of grass in the
midst of a bog.
Sc. He led a small'and shaggy nag, That through a bog, from hag
to hag, Could bound like any Billhope stag, SCOTT Last Minstrel (cd.
1847) c. iv. st. 5. Rnt.1 ' How did you get on with the mowing?'
' Very well, sir, if it wunt for them hags ; they do turn the
scythe so."
[3. (The castle) es hy sett apon a cragg Gray and hard,
widuten hagg, Cursor M. (c. 1340) 9886.]
HAG(G, sb.3 Fif. [hag.] 1. A stall-fed ox. MORTON
Cyclo. Agric. (1863). 2. One who tends fat cattle. COL-
VILLE Vernacular (1899) 19.
HAG(G, v.1 and sb* Sc. Irel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not-
Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Shr. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Bdf. Ken. Sus.
Wil. Som. Dev. Cor. Also in forms ag m.Yks.1 w.Som.1 ;
agg w.Yks. Lan.1 Chs.123 Der. n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Glo. Bdf. Sus.
Wil.1 Dev.1 Cor.1 [h)ag, aeg.] 1. v. To incite, urge ;
to try to persuade ; to ' egg ' ; to excite to quarrel ; to
provoke, irritate.
HAG(G
t'5]
HAGGER
w.Yks. LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 229. Chs. She keeps
aggingme fort'buy it. They keptaggingthem onto fight (E.M.G.);
Chs.123 Lei.1 Doon't ye hagg him on. Sus. HOLLOWAY. Wil.1
n.Dev. GROSE (1790) ; Monthly Mag. (1808) II. 421. Cor. THOMAS
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.1
2. To worry, tease ; to ' gnag ' at.
Wxf. And my ould thief of a mesther, tattheration to him !
hagging, hagging, till he'll have the very flesh wasted off of our
bones, KENNEDY Banks Boro (1867) 243. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Shoe
was a roof kind iv a woman, an' 'er 'usband wor fair hagged to 'is
graave (F.P.T.). Lan.1 Thae'rt aulus aggin' at mi. Der. Yo keep
aggin and teasin', WARD David Grieve (1892) I. viii. Lin. He
said he was only agging me, N. & Q. (1880) 6th S. ii. 485.
sw.Lin.1 I've hagged at her such a mess o' times about it. War.
The old lady and all the family hagged me to death, Times (Dec.
19, 1889) 6, col. 6. Shr.2 Glo. BAYLIS Illus. Dial. (1870) ; (F.H.)
Bdf. (J.W.B.) w.Soni.1 Her'll ag anybody out o' their life, her
will. Dev.1 Iv her was to begin to aggie way en there wid be no
hod, 5. n.Dev. Thy skin oil vlagged with nort bet agging, Exm.
Scold. (1746) 1. 75.
3. To haggle, dispute, argue.
Nhp.1, War.2, Glo.1 Dev. When they beginn'th tu haggee I
turns tail and urn'th 'ome, HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892).
4. To fatigue, tire out, ' fag."
m.Yks.1 I was sore hagged with going. Hagging at it [toiling
at it]. w.Yks.2 Shoo fair hags hersen. He wur fair hagged up.
e.Lan.1 Not. I'm hagged to death (J.H.B.). sw.Lin.1 I'm quiet
hagged out. It bothers me, and hags me to dead. Lei.1 I've
walked all the way, and don't want to come again, it's so hagging.
It's very haggin' when you'n no servants. Nhp.12 Wil.1 Her've
a had a lot to contend wi' to-year, and her's hagged to death wi't aal.
Hence (i) Hagged or Haggit, ppl. adj. tired, worn
out ; harassed, careworn, thin ; (2) Haggey, adj., (3)
Hagging, ppl. adj. tiring, fatiguing.
(i)Sc. Wi' haggit ee,and haw as death, The auld spae-man did
stand, JAMIESON Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 235. w.Yks.1, Chs.1 3,
nw.Der.1 s.Lin. How hagged the poor o'd wench looked (T.H.R.).
Shr.1 Poor Nancy Poppet looks despert 'aggit, as if 'er worked
'ard an' far'd 'ard. Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks. Thee look'st hagged
at times, and folk '11 see't, and talk about thee afore long, HUGHES
T. Brown Oxf. (1861) xviii ; Brks.1 Ken. Why dis here wall It
looks sa old and hagged, MASTERS Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 48;
Ken.1 ' They did look so very old and hagged ' ; spoken of some
maiden ladies. n.Wll. He looks sort o' hagged, dwont ee? (E.H.G.)
(2) Nhp.2 'A haggey road,' i.e. one that is tiring to the horses.
(3) Nhp.1 It was a hagging job for the horse, he had such a heavy
load to draw.
5. In pass, with about : to be buffeted about, treated un-
kindly.
w.Yks. Nout macks ma war mad ner ta see tway at a poor
fellah is agged abaht if he appears ta be dahn a bit, Bill Hoylhus
Ends Aim. (1873).
6. sb. A worry, trouble, burden ; a difficulty.
Chs.1 If one tries to persuade another against his will it would
be said, ' I got him to go at last but I'd a regular hag with him.'
s.Chs.1 n. Lin.1 ' That's a soor agg ' is a common expression to
indicate a teasing circumstance. sw.Lin.1 The child's a great hag
to her. It's a hag, carrying it all that way.
Hence Hag-stop, sb. weariness ; a stoppage, dilemma.
Lin.1 I never had such a hag-stop before.
7. A task, job, an allotted portion of work ; esp. in phr.
to work by the hag, to do piece-work in contradistinction
to day-work.
n.Cy. (HALL.), Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 I wark be t'hag, an' net be t'day.
Chs.123 s.Chs.1 They'n tayn the wheeat by hagg an they bin
gooin' to butty o'er it (s.v. Butty). nw.Der.1 A rough hag ; a
tough hag. Nhp.1 An allotted portion of manual labour on the
soil ; as digging, draining, embanking, &c. ' Have you done your
agg? ' Shr.1 I'm on'y doin' a bit of a 'ag fur owd Tummas ; Shr.2
On by the hagg. Glo.1
Hence (i) Hag-master, sb. an overseer or contractor;
(2) -work, sb. piece-work.
(i) Chs.13, s.Chs.1 Nhp.1 One who contracts for the completion
of a specific work or portion of work, at a stipulated price, em-
ploying others to execute it under his superintendence. (2) Chs.1 3,
s.Chs.1, Shr.2
8. One who does another's tasks, a drudge.
w.Yks. Ah think thi nont [aunt] is 't'hag fer ye o' (B.K.). e.Lin.
A place or situation which is hard to fill to the employer's satisfac-
tion, is called a hag's plaace (J.C.W.).
HAG(G, sb* Wm. Yks. [h)ag.] A hedge or fence.
See Hay, sb.2
Wm. (J.H.) e.Yks. COLE Place Names (1879) 33-
HAG(G, v.z Sc. Also in form haig (JAM.), [hag.] Of
cattle : to butt with the head, to fight.
Mry. You may see the elf-bull haiging with the strongest bull
or ox in the herd, AT. Antiq. (1814) 404 (JAM.). Buff.1
Hence Haggin, ppl. adj. given to butting with the head.
Bnff.1 She's a haggin' brute o' a coo, that.
HAGG, HAGGA, see Hag, v., Hag, sb.2
HAGGADAY, s6. Yks. Lin. Nrf. Also in form hago-
day Nrf. [hja'gade.] 1. A latch to a door or gate.
Yks. (HALL.) n-Lin.1 A haggaday is frequently put upon a
cottage door on the inside, without anything projecting outwards
by which it may be lifted. A little slit is made in the door, and
the latch can only be raised by inserting therein a nail or slip of
metal. ' Old men alus calls them wooden snecks wheare you hev to
put yer finger thrif a roond hoale e' th' door to oppen 'em, haggadays.'
2. A sanctuary ring-knocker.
Nrf. JESSOPP Hist, of Si. Gregory's Church (1886) 10 ; In the
church of St. Gregory, Norwich, is a large antique knocker for
use by persons seeking sanctuary. This is called a ' hagoday,'
N. & Q. (1894) 8th S. vi. 188.
[1. An haguday, vectes, Cat/t. Angl. (1483).]
HAGGAGE, sb. Som. Dev. Also written hagage
Dev. ; hageg- n.Dev. [ae-gidg.] A term of reproach for
a woman, a ' baggage ' ; an untidy, slatternly woman.
w.Som.1 Dev. Dawnt 'a' nort tii zay tu thickee slammicking
gert haggage ! HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892). n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 197 ; What disyease than ya gurt haggage, Exm. Scold.
(1746) 1. 27. nw.Dev.1
Hence (ij Hagegy, adj. untidy, slovenly ; loose ; (2)
Haggaging, (a) adj., see (i) ; (b) sb. a term of reproach
for a woman.
(i) n.Dev. If ha lov'th Jakes, why let un beckon Hagegy Bess,
'RocK Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 89. (2,0) w.Som.1 Dev. Achittering,
raving, rixy.lonching, haggaging moil, MADOX-BROWN Dwale Blttih
(1876) bk. i. i ; A servant-girl describes another girl as 'very
good to work, but very hagagin',' Reports Provinc. (1891) ; Dev.1
The very daps of her mother, — another such a haggagen, maunder-
ing, hawk-a-mouth'd trub, 7 ; Dev.2 Jane Ley's a cruel haggagin'
body. n.Dev. A buzzom-chuck'd haggaging moyle, Exm. Crlshp.
(1746) 1. 502. (A) Dev. Calling her ould witch an' haggaging as
they did . . . had crossed her mind a bit, MADOX-BROWN Yeth-hounds
(1876) 251.
HAGGAN, sb. Obs. Cum. A kind of pudding ; see
below. Cf. haggis.
Sometimes fruit, suet, and the minced entrails of a sheep, and
sometimes only oatmeal, suet, and sugar boiled in the large gut of
a sheep (J.L.) (1783).
HAGGAR, adj. Yks. [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] Wild, untamed. (HALL.)
HAGGARD, sb. Sc. Irel. I.Ma. Cth. Pern. ?w.Cy.
Also in forms haggart Sc. (JAM.) Wxf. I.Ma. Pem. ; hag-
yard Sc. N.I.1 [h)a-gad, -at.] A stack-yard.
Gall. MACTAGGART Enrycl. 11824) 251, ed. 1876. Kcb., Wgt.
JAM.) Ir. The master wasn't in the haggard, CARLETON Fardo-
rougha (1836) 78. N.I.1 Uls. An enclosed place near the farm-
house (M.B.-S.). Lns. The corn [was] all safe in the haggard,
CROKER Leg. (1862) 242. Wxf. A haggart with hay-ricks and
corn-stacks, KENNEDY Evenings Duffrey ( 1869) 62. I.Ma. Searched
. . . every place on the farm, and the haggart and pokin every
stack, BROWN Doctor i 1887) 70 ; They crossed the haggard, . . she
scattering great handfuls of oats, CAINE Manxman (1894) pt. n.
viii. Cth. (W.W.S.), Pem. (E.D.) s.Pem. LAWS Little Eng.
(1888)420. 1. w.Cy. (HALL.)
Hence Haggard-mows, sb. mows in the stack-yard, not
in the field. Cth. (W.W.S.)
[ON. hey-gardr, a stack-yard (VIGFUSSON).]
HAGGART, sb. Lth. (JAM.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] An old useless horse.
HAGGEL, HAGGEN-, seeHaggle.s^X^Hoggan.sfi.1
HAGGER, v.1 and sb.1 Sc. [ha'gar.] 1. v. To cut
roughly and unevenly, to hack, mangle. Bch., s.Sc. QAM.)
See Hag, v.1
Hence (i) Haggeran, vbl. sb. the act of cutting in
a rough manner. Bnff.1 ; (2) Hagger'd, ppl. adj. un-
evenly cut, mangled, full of notches. Bch.. s.Sc. UAM.)
HAGGER
[16]
HAGGLE
2. sb. A large cut, esp. one with a ragged edge.
Bnff.1 ' A've gien ma finger a great bagger wee a Knife.' ' He
took a bullax and ga' the tree a bagger half-through.'
Hence Haggeral, sb. a very large cut ; an open, fester-
ing sore. ib.
HAGGER, v.2 and sb? n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also written
haggar N.Cy.1 ; and in form beggr Nhb. [h)a'ga(r.J
1. v. To ' beggar ' ; in games of marbles, &c. : to win all
an opponent's marbles, &c., to ' clear out.' Gen. used in pp.
Nhb. In Hexham when a boy has lost all his marbles or cherry-
stones, he is said to be heggr'd, N. V Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 304 ;
ib. 407 ; Nhb.1 He wis fair hagger't.
2. sb.pl. A term in marbles ; see below.
Nhb. The loser [in a game of marbles] usually asks the winner
to give him one back for his heggrs, N. & Q. (1871) 4th S. viii. 304.
3. Comb. Hagger-maker's shop, a public-house. N.Cy.1,
Nhb.1, Yks. (HALL.)
HAGGER, v.a and sb.a Ags. (JAM.) [Not known to
our correspondents.] 1. v. To rain gently. 2. sb. A
fine small rain.
HAGGER, v* Wil.1 [ae'ga(r).] Of the teeth : to
chatter with cold. Cf. hacker, v. 4.
HAGGERDASH, sb. and adv. Sc. Also in form
haggerdecash Ags. (JAM.) 1. sb. Disorder ; a broil.
Lnk. (JAM.) 2. adv. In confusion, in a disorderly
state, topsy-turvy. Ags., CId. (ib.)
HAGGERIN, ///.«<#. Lth. UAM.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] In phr. haggerin and swaggerin, in an
indifferent state of health ; fig. unprosperous in business.
HAGGERSNASH, sb. and adj. Sc. [Not known to
our correspondents.] 1. sb. Offals. n.Sc. (JAM.)
2. Fig. A spiteful person. Ayr. (ib.)
3. adj. Spiteful, sharp.
Ayr. I maun lea' them to spaing athort their tapseltirie taun-
trums an' haggersnash pilgatings upo' some hairum-skairum rattle-
scull, Edb. Mag. (Apr. 1821, 351 (ib.).
HAGGERTY, adj. Sc. Also written haggarty Frf.
|ha-garti.| In comb, (i) Haggerty-tag, in an untidy,
ragged manner ; (2) -tag-like, (3) -taggerty, ragged,
tattered, ragamuffin.
(i, a; n.Sc. JAM.) (3)16. Frf. This haggarty-taggarty Egyptian,
BARRIE Minister (1891) xiv.
HAGGILS, sb. pi. Fif. QAM.) In phr. in the haggils,
in trammels.
HAGGIS, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. War.
Shr. Glo. Also in forms haggas Nhb. n.Yks. ; haggassl e
Nhb. ; haggles Sc. Lan. ; haggise Sc. ; haggish Sc.
N.Cy.1 Nhb? Cum. ; haggus n.Cy. Lan.1 Glo.1 ; heygus
Lan.1 [h la'gis. avgis. | 1. sb. A dish, gen. consisting
of the lungs, heart, and liver of a sheep, minced with suet,
onions, &c., and cooked in a sheep's maw.
Sc. It ill sets a haggis to be roasted, RAMSAY Prov. ( i 737) ; I hope
he'll get a haggis to his dinner, SCOTT Bride of Lam. (1819) xviii.
Bcb. Like an ill-scraped haggis, FORBES jrn. (1743) a. Abd. I left
my mitherTocookthehaggies,CocKS/rawsj8io)I. 120. w.Sc.Gif
a' your hums and ha's were hams and haggises, the parish o' Kippen
needna fear a dearth, CARRICK Laird of Logan (1835 173. Dmb.
A table bent wi" cheer . . . Haggis aboon and mutton at the foot,
SALMON Gowodtan (1868) 108. Rnf. [I] set some haggis down
afore, I trow the smell o't didna shore, PICKEN Potms (1813) I. 6a.
Ayr. Not forgetting the savoury sonsy haggis, GALT Entail (1833)
vii. Lnk. On the haggles Elspa spares nae cost, RAMSAY Gentle
Shep. (1735) 44, ed. 1783. Lth. A sonsey haggis, reeking, rose
Fu' proudly in the centre, BRUCE Poems (1813) II. 65. Edb. A
haggis fat Weel tottled in a scything pat, FERGUSSON Poems (1773)
186, ed. 1785. Bwk. Mountalban for a haggis ; Lamington fortea,
HENDERSON Pop. Rhymes (1856) 33. Slk. If I would . . . take a
share of a haggis wi' them, HOGG Tales (1838) 151, ed. 1866. Rxb.
A very singular superstition in regard to this favourite dish pre-
vails in Rxb. and perhaps in other southern counties. As it is a
nice piece of cookery to boil a haggis, without suffering it to burst
in the pot and run out, the only effectual antidote known is nomi-
nally to commit it to the keeping of some male who is generally
supposed to bear antlers on his brow. When the cook puts it into
the pot, she says, ' I gie this to— such a one— to keep ' (JAM.) ;
A good fat haggles, if his purse can spare it, RUICKBIE Wayside
Cottager (1807) 73. Dmf. Mony a haggis that reeked an' swat,
THOM Jock o' Knotve (1878) 39. Wgt. It was only a haggish, an
A think ee needna mak' sae muckle din aboot it, FRASER Wigtown
(1877)363. n.Cy. BorderGl. (Coll. L.L.B.) ; N.Cy.1 Nhb. GROSE
(1790) ; Like the first puffe of a haggasse, RICHARDSON Borderers
Table-bk. (1846) VI. 309 ; Nhb.1 Tripe minced small. Cum. Some-
times fruit, suet, and the minced entrails of a sheep, and sometimes
only oatmeal, suet, and sugar, boiled in the large gut of a sheep.
It was till lately the common custom to have this dish to breakfast
every Christmas day, and some part of the family sat up all night
to have it ready at an early hour. It is now used at dinner on the
same day (J.L.) (1783); We'd stew'dgeuse and haggish, ANDERSON
Ballads (ed. 1808) 173 ; Cum.1 A pudding of mincemeat for eating
with potatoes on Christmas day. Lan. Her food . . . was haggis,
made of boil'd groats, mixed with thyme or parsley, HARLAND
& WILKINSON Fit-Lore (,i867) 207 ; ^&a-1 Pottage made of herbs
e.Lan.1 A pudding of herbs.
2. Comp. (i) Haggis-bag, the maw of a sheep in which
the haggis is cooked ; fig. a windbag, a contemptuous
term for anything ; (2) -feast, a feast or meal consisting
of haggis ; (3) -fed, fed upon haggis ; (4) -headed, soft-
headed, foolish, stupid ; (5) -heart, a soft, cowardly heart ;
(6) -kail, the water in which a haggis is cooked; (7) -meat,
minced and seasoned tripe ; (8) -supper, a supper con-
sisting of haggis ; (9) -wife, a woman who sells minced
and seasoned tripe.
(i) Sc. It is more like an empty haggis-bag than ony thing else,
Blackw. Mag. (Sept. 1819) 677 (JAM.V Dmb. ' Principles ! haggis
bags ! ' exclaimed the lady, CROSS Disruption (1844) v. (a) Nhb.
Aw'd suener hev a haggish feast, Or drink wi skipper Morgan,
ALLAN Tyneside Sngs. (1891) 333. (3) Ayr. But mark the rustic,
haggis-fed, BURNS To a Haggis (1787) st. 7. (4) Edb. Bring
haggis-headed William Younger, PENNF.CUIK Wks. (1715) 412, ed.
'815. (5) Edb. His haggis heart it fills Wi' grief, FORBES Poems
(1813) 40. (6) Bnff. Wi' puddin broe or haggles kail, Or some-
thing maks a battin meal, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 53. (7) Nhb.
Aw got tired o' sellin' haggish meet, BAGNALL Sngs. (c. 1850; 26;
Ov sheep's feet then we hev a feed, An' haggish meat an' aw, man,
ib. 33 ; Nhb.1 (8) Sc. A wis at a haggis supper that nicht, Jokes,
and S. (1889) 36. (9 Nhb. Whaiv haggish wives wi' tubs an"
knives, ROBSON Evangeline (1870) 343.
3. The paunch, belly. Cf. hag, sb*
Lnk. John goes to the amry and lays to the haggles, till his ain
haggles cou'd had nae mair, GRAHAM Writings 1,1883) II. 210.
Feb. Ned wi' his haggise loom Sail's stringless coats, as fast 's he
dow,Geed back, Lintoun Green (1685) 62, ed. 1817. n.Cy. GROSE
(17901. Lan. ib. MS. add. (C.) ; Lan.1
4. The smaller entrails or 'chitterlings' of a calf. War.2,
Shr.1, Glo.1
5. Phr. to cool one's haggas, to beat one soundly.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). n.Yks. lie coul thy haggas, bitch, if I begin,
MERITON Praise Ale (16841 1. 76 ; (K.)
6. Fig. A term of contempt applied to a lumpish, un-
wieldy person ; a soft, ' pudding-headed ' person ; a
Dmf. The lazy haggises! CARLYLE.Z>tf.(i886)II.a8. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1
7. v. In boxing : to bruise, cut up, ' do for ' ; fig. to
scatter, spread abroad.
Nhb. Come up to the Scratch ! or, the Pitman haggish'd, ROBSON
Sngs. of Tyne (1849) 381 ; So wishing trade may brisker be, An'
fuels aw haggished owre the sea, ib. 295 ; By gox, 'fore aw's duen
ye'll be haggished eneuf, ib. Evangeline (1870) 347 ; Nhb.1
[1. Haggas a podyng, caliette de mouton, PALSGR. (1530);
Hagws of a schepe. Take the roppis with J)e talowe &
parboyle hem ; ban hakke hem smal, Cookery Bk. (c. 1430),
ed. Austin, 39.]
HAGGLE, s*.1 Chs. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Dev. Cor.
Also written hagal I.W. ; haggel Cor. ; haggil Hmp.1 ;
hagl- Cor. ; and in forms agald Wil.1 ; aggie Dev.
nw.Dev.1 ; agle Chs. Cor.12 ; awgl- Cor.12 ; haigle n.Dev. ;
hail, hayel Dor. ; orgl- Cor.1 [a'gl, ae'gl.] A haw, the
fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus Oayacantha ; also in comp.
Haggle-berry. See Hag, sb* Cf eggle-berry.
Chs. (B. & H.), Hmp.l, n.Hmp. (J.R.W.), I.W., Wil.1 Dor.
w.Gazette (Feb. 15, 1889) 7, col. i. Dev. A farmer informs me
that the saying : 'Many aggies, Many cradles,' is frequently added to
the better-known sayings : ' Many nits, Many pits; Many slones,
Many groans,' Reports Provinc. (1893); Horae Su&ffliwu (1777)
198. n.Dev. Sloans, bullans, and haigles be about, ROCK Jim an' Nell
HAGGLE
HAGISTER
(1867)51.12. nw.Dev.1 Cor. Housen and shops so thick as haggel,
TREGELLAS Tales (1867) 67; Cor.' "
Hence (i) Hagglan, Aglon, Awglon, or Orglon, sb. a
haw ; (2) -tree, sb. a hawthorn tree.
(i) Cor. Her lips were red as hagglons, THOMAS Randigal
Rhymes (1895) n ; Cor.12 (2) Cor. The lizamamoo and the
keggas grew under the hagglan-tree, THOMAS Randigal Rhymes
(1895) 15-
HAGGLE,s6.2 Sh.I. [ha'gl.] A subordinate division-
mark between districts. S. & Ork.1
HAGGLE, v.1 and sb.3 Var. dial, and colloq. uses in
Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also written haggel Cum.3 ; hagil Sc.
(JAM.) ; hagle Lan. Glo. ; and in forms aggie w.Yks.5
Lan. Nhp.1 Bdf. n.Bck. Wil.1 ; haigel Sc. ; haigle Sc.
Nhb.1 ; heggle Sus.1 [h)a'gl, ae'gl.] 1. v. To cut awk-
wardly or unevenly, to hack, mangle ; to bungle. See
Hag, v.1
Fif. (JAM.) Ayr. They may learn at the college to haggle aff a
sair leg, GALT Sir A. Wylie (1822) ciii. Ant. GROSE (1790) MS.
add. (C.) Cum.1 ; Cum.3 An' he haggelt an' cot at his pultess-
bleach't po', 162. n.Yks.14 w.Yks. THORESBY Lett. (1703) ;
w.Yks.24; w.Yks.5 ' Luke how thah's aggled that loaf !' Cloth is
' aggled ' when the knives of the cutting-machine, or rather the
roller on which the knives are fixed, pimp and cut the cloth at
short distances till it is re-arranged. ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Yi
mun)u aag-1 dhu cheyz ; taak' it streyt ufoa-r yi [Ye munna haggle
the cheise; tak it streight afore ye]. Not. (J.H.B.), Not.1, Lin.1.
n.Lin.1, Nhp.1 Shr.1 Dunna yo' 'aggie the mate i' that way — I
conna bar to see it ; Shr.2 Glo. BAYLIS///«S. Dial. (1870) ; Home
Subsecivae (1777) 198. Oxf.1 MS. add. Bdf. To cut unevenly, as
a joint of meat or a loaf of bread (J.W.B.). Wil. They took out
their knives and haggled the skin off, JEFFERIES Bevis (1882) vii ; Wil.1
Hence (i ) Haggled,/>/>/. adj. hacked, mangled, mutilated ;
(2) Hagglin, ppl. adj. rash, incautious ; (3) Haggly, adj.
rough, unevenly cut.
(i) Gall. I see thee, little loch. Thou art clear this morning.
Thou art red at even, and there is a pile of haggled heads by thee,
CROCKETT Raiders (1894) xiv. (.2) Flf. A hagglin' gomrel (JAM.).
(3;Cld. (JAM.), s.Chs.1
2. To dispute, cavil, argue ; esp. to dispute the terms
of a bargain ; to chatter ; to quarrel, bicker.
Sc. To use a great deal of useless talk in making a bargain, SIB-
BALD Gl. (JAM.) Abd. Sandy Mutch would not ' haggle ' over a few
shillings, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 107. Cai.1 Per. It wes for
love's sake a' haggled an' schemed, IAN M ACLAREN A uld Lang Syne
(,1895) 157. Slk. I ... baidna langerto haigel, HOGG Tales (1838)
no, ed. 1866. N.I.1, Dur.1, Cum.1 n.Yks. Thoo's allus haggling
and scouding (T.S.) ; n.Yks.12*, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Their isn't a
minute's peace i' t'house— they're always haggling and jaggling
about something (H.L.); LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 229;
w.Yks.1 Lan. He's always aggling about something not worth a
farthing (S.W.). ne.Lan.1, Chs.1, Not. (W.H.B.), Not.1, Lin.1,
nXin.1 s.Lin. Them two'll haggle ower nowt by the hour if
nobody stops 'em (T.H.R.). War. (J.R.W.) ; War.4 What a mon
you be ! you'll haggle for the last farding. m.Wor. Don't haggle
any more about it (J.C.). se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Yo' wanten to 'aggie,
dun'ee — yo' bin al'ays ready for cross-pladin' ; Shr.2 Glo. Wall,
we bided thur and haggled a smart while. BUCKMAN Darke's Sojourn
(1890) 140; BAYLIS Illus. Dial. (1870). Brks.1 Sometimes also it
is used in the sense of ' to hesitate in reply.' ' A haggled a good
bit avoor a'd tell I wher a'd a-bin.' n.Bck. (A.C.), e.An.2, Sus.2,
Hmp.1 Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 198. Cor. Mrs. Tucker used
to haggle with everybody, PARR Adam and Eve (1880) III. 235.
Hence (i) Haggling, (a) sb. a dispute, argument; a pro-
longed bargaining ; (b) ppl. adj. vexatious, trying, weari-
some ; (2) Hagil-bargain, sb. one who is difficult to come
to terms with in making a bargain, a ' stickler.'
(i, a) Frf. ' The chairge is saxpence, Davit,' he shouted. Then
a haggling ensued, BARRIE Licht (1888) ii. n.Yks.2, se.Wor.1 (b)
Bnff.1 A term applied by fishermen and sailors to weather, in which
the wind dies away during daytime, and springs up towards evening.
SUS.1 (2) Rxb. SlBBALD Gl. (1802) (JAM.).
3. To tease, worry, harass ; to over-work, fatigue,
tire out.
Cum.1, n.Yks.14 ne.Lan.1 War.4 What are you haggling our Bess
for? Oxf. I get quite haggled, Sir, by the close of the day (W.F.R.) ;
Oxf.1 Often applied to energetic preachers. ''Ow'adid'aggle'isself.'
Hence Haggled, ppl. adj. wearied, harassed, worn out.
sw.Lin.1 Poor things, how haggled they look !
VOL. III.
4. To advance with difficulty; to do anything with much
obstruction, to struggle.
Bwk., Rxb. To carry with difficulty anything that is heavy, cum-
bersome, or entangling (JAM.). Rxb. I hae mair than I can haigle
wi'. My lade is sae sad I can scarcely haigle (ib.). Nhb. Aa
could hardly get haigl't through (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 Here she comes
haiglin wi a greet bunch o' sticks. Lan. Hagglin at th' seek to get
hissel out, WAUGH Old Cronies (1875) iv.
5. sb. A mild dispute ; the process of bargaining.
s.Wor.1, Glo. (A.B.)
[1. Suffolk first died : and York, all haggled over, Comes
to him, SHAKS. Hen. V, iv. vi. n. 2. Harceler, to haggle,
huck, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of a commodity,
COTGR. 8. We are so harassed and haggled out in this
business, CROMWELL Lett. (Aug. 20, 1648).]
HAGGLE, v? and sb* n.Cy. Yks. Pern. Also written
hagel s.Pem. ; haggel e.Yks. ; hagle s.Pem. ; and in
forms aggie e.Yks. ; hag- m.Yks.1 [h)a-gl.] 1. v.
To hail.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790); (K.) n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 It beeath haggl'd
and snaw'd. ne.Yks.1 It haggled heavy t'last neet. e.Yks. It
haggled't morn, COLES PlaceNames( 1879) 30; (MissA.); e.Yks.1
We moont gan oot just yit, it's beginnin te haggle. m.Yks.1
[RAY (1691).]
2. sb. Hail, a hailstone : also in comp. Haggle-stone,
Hag-stone.
e.Yks. (R.M.) ; Haggles doon wide chimlaclatthered, Yks. Dial.
(i887Ni 35 ; MORRIS Flk-Talk (1892). m.Yks.1 s.Pem. There is a
shower of hagles a comin'(W.M.M.) ; LAWS Little Eng. (1888) 420.
HAGGLE-CART, sb. Oxf. [as-gl-kat.] A horse and
cart let out on hire to do rough work or odd jobs ; also
used attrib. and vb.
' Haggle-cart man,' a person whose services may be hired for
any kind of carting work required of him. 'Haggle-cart men ' and
' haggle-cart work ' are common terms in Oxford (G.O.); We are
to distribute the work equally amongst the haggle-cart men in
Oxford, Oxf. Times (Jan. 7, 1899) 3 ; Oxf.1 Ea goes [guez] to
haggle-cart, MS. add.
HAGGLER, sb. Lon. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Also
written hagler Hmp.1 Dor. [as'gla(r).] 1. A pedlar,
huckster ; a ' middle-man.' Cf. higgler.
Lon. In Billingsgate the'forestallers' or middlemen,.. as regards
means, are a far superior class to the ' hagglers ' (the forestallers
of the green markets), MAYHEW Land. Labour (1851) I. 67. Wil.
SLOW Gl. (1892). Dor. I be plain Jack Durbeyfield the haggler,
HARDY Tess (1891") 4 ; An you do know young Jimmey Brown the
hagler, Eclogue (,1862) 26 ; Dor.1 One who buys up poultry to sell
again.
2. The upper servant of a farm. Hmp.1, I.W.12
HAGGLE-TOOTH, sb. Som. Dev. A tooth belonging
to the second set which appears prematurely through the
gum and projects. Dev.1 Cf. aigle, 4.
Hence Haggle-toothed, adj. having prominent or pro-
jecting teeth.
w.Som.1 Ag-1-teo-dhud. Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 198.
n.Dev. Wey zich a whatnozed haggle-tooth'd . . . theng as thee
art, Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 58.
HAGGOKNOW, see Hag-a-knowe.
HAGGRIE, sb. Bnff.1 [ha'gri.] An unseemly mass.
It is very often spoken of food badly cooked and served up in
an untidy way.
HAGHOG, sb. Obs. Rut.1 A hedgehog.
Paid for a haghog, zd., Chwarden's Accts. (1720).
HAGHT, sb. Ant. A voluntary cough to remove
mucus from the throat. Balfymena Obs. (1892).
HAGH YE, phr. Obsol. Cum.1 Listen, hark ye.
HAGIL, HAGLE, see Haggle, t/.12, Hauchle.
HAGISTER, sb. Lin. Ken. Also written hagester,
haggister Ken. ; and in form eggiste Lin. Dor. The mag-
pie, Pica rustica.
Lin. A gamekeeper's word, N. & Q. (1899) gth S. iv. 357 ;
<T.H.) Ken. RAY (1691) ; (K.) ; I took up a libbet to holl at a
hagester that sat in the pea gratten, GROSE (1790) ; I hove a libbit
at the hagister, LEWIS /. Tenet (1736) (s.v. Libbit) ; Ken.12
[EFris. dkster, ekster, hakster, heister, 'pica ' (KOOLMAN) ;
Du. aakster (more commonly ekster), the magpie (DE VRIES) .]
HAGLY-CRAB
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HAIL
HAGLY-CRAB, sb. Hrf. A variety of apple.
Nature has endued some apple trees, such as the redstreak, . .
with the power of maturing their fruits earlier in the season than
others, such as the hagly crab, golden pippin, MARSHALL Krvitw
(1818) II. 989.
HAGMAHUSH, sb. Sc. An awkward sloven ; also
used attrib.
Abd. O laddy ! ye're a hagmahush ; yer face is barkid o'er wi'
smush, BEAT-TIE Parings (1801) 5, ed. 1873 ; Most commonly
applied to a female (JAM.).
H AC-MALI L,.s//. Som. 1. The titmouse, A credularosea.
N. & Q. (1877) sth S. viii. 358 ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
2. A sloven, slattern.
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w-Som.1 Her's a purty old beauty, her is
— a rigler old hag-mall [hag-maa-1].
HAGMAN-HEIGH, see Hogmany.
HAG-HARK, sb. Sh.I. A boundary stone, a stone
set up to indicate the line of division between separate
districts ; also called Hag-stane.
JAKOBSEN Norsk in Sh. (1897) 117 ; (Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.1
HAGMENA, see Hogmany.
HAG-NAIL, sb. Suf. Same as Agnail (q.v.).
HAGODAY, see Haggaday.
HAGRI, sb. Sh.I. In phr. to ride the hagri, see below.
There is an old Shetland expression : ' to ride de hagri ' — ' hagri '
being an O.N. hag(a)rei8 : skattald-ride. In former times neigh-
bouring proprietors used to ride in company around their skattald-
boundaries in order to inspect the marches, or put up new
march-stones, and thus prevent future disputes. Every year,
when this was done, they took with them a boy, the son of some
crofter, residing on one or other of the properties. At every
march-stone they came to, the boy got a flogging : this, it was
thought, made him remember the place ever after. For every
year this ' hagri ' or skattald-riding was done, a different boy was
selected to accompany the proprietors and receive the floggings,
JAKOBSEN Dial. (1897) 109.
HAG-STONE, see Haggle, sb* 2.
HAGUE, sb. and v. N.Cy.1 [heg.] 1. sb. The in-
clination of a dike with the seam in a coal-pit. Cf. hade, s*.2
2. v. To incline, slope. ' She hagues sare to the south.'
HAGUE, see Hag, sb*
HAGWESH,s6. Cum.1 Ruin, bankruptcy. Cf.bagwesh.
HAGWIFE, sb. Sc. A midwife.
Lnk. I maun hae a hagwife or my mither dee, for truly she's
very frail, GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 208.
HAG-WORM, sb. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Win. Yks. Lan.
Lin. Also written hag-wurm Cum.8; and in forms ag-
worm w.Yks. ; -worrum e.Yks.1 ; haggom n.Yks.3 ; hag-
worrum e.Yks.1 [h)a'g-warm, -warn.] 1. The adder
or viper, Pelias berus.
n.Cy. Ah's as crazy as a hag-worm ower yon nag o' oors <"B.K.).
Nhb. RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VIII. 15; (R.O.H.)
Lakel.1 Cum. ' What thinks teh they fand iv his stomach ? '
' Mebby a hag-worm,' SARGISSON Joe Scoap (1881) 99 ; Cnm.3 An
t'fat rwoastit oot o beath hagwurms an eels, 161 ; Cnm.4 Wm. A
hagworm will bite fra the clint, HUTTON Bran New Work (1785)
1.407. s.Wm. (J.A.B.) Yks. GROSE (1790). n.Yks.124 e.Yks.
MARSHALL Kur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.1 w.Yks. LUCAS Stud.
Ntddtrdalt (c. i88a) Gl. ; HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781). Lin.
STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 334 ; Lin.1 n.Lin.1 Obsol.
2. The common snake, Coluber natrix ; also used gene-
rically for snakes of any kind.
N.Cy.1, Ctun.« n.Yks. Science Gossip (1882) 161 ; n.Yks.2 Often,
though wrongly, applied to the common harmless snake ; n.Yks.3
ne.Yks.1 Used generically rather than specifically. m.Yks.1
Applied to all kinds of snakes, which are rarely found out of
woods. w.Yks. WILLAN Z.w/ ff<fc. (1811). Lan.1, n.Lan.1
8. The blind-worm, Anguisfragilis.
Nbb. It is affirmed that the bite of the hag-worm ... is much
more deadly, RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VIII. 15;
Nhb.1 Dnr.1 A worm of a brown mottled colour, the belly being
lighter. It is about a foot in length, and an inch in diameter.
Cnm. HUTCHINSON Hist. Cum. (1794) I. App. 54; Cnm.4 w.Yks.
Yan 'ud awmost think ye'd swallowed a hagworm, Jabee Oliphant
(1870) bk. i. v ; w.Yks.1
4. Camp, (i) Hagworm-flower, the star- wort, Stellaria
holostea ; (a) -stones, perforated fragments of the grey
alum shale found on Whitby beach.
(0 Vks. (B. & H.) (a) n.Yks.2 The round holes were
traditionally supposed to be due to the sting of the adder.
[1. ON. h8gg-ormr, a viper (ViGFUSson).J
HAG-YARD, see Haggard.
HAH, HAHL, HAHM, HAHNSER, see I, Hale, v.\
Haulm, Heronsew.
HA-HO, sb. Irel. Also in form hi-how N.I.1
hedge-parsley, Anthriscus sylvestris.
N.I.1 Of the parts of the stem between the joints children make
'pluffers' to 'pluff' hawstones through. Children also make
' scouts ' i. e. squirts, of the stem of this plant. An instrument for
producing a noise is also made. ' When we were wee fellows we
used to make horns of the hi-how.' Ldd. (B. & H.)
HAHO, see Haihow.
HATCHES, sb. Sc. Also written haichess Abd. (JAM.);
haichus Rxb. (JAM.) Force, impetus ; a heavy fall, the
noise made by the falling of a heavy body.
n.Sc. (JAM.), Abd. (16.) Frf. [She] Mistook a fit for a her care,
An' wi' a haiches fell, MORISON Poems (1790) 25- Rxb- (JAM-)
HAH), see Hade, sb.12, Hide, v?
HAID-CORN, sb. Nhb. The plants of wheat in winter.
(HALL.), Nhb.1 Cf. hard-corn.
HAIFER.v. Whs. e.An. To toil, labour. (HALL.^e.An.1
HAIFTY-KAIFTY,a^'. w.Yks.2 Also in form hefty-
kefty. Wavering, undecided. Cf. havey-cavey.
HAIG, HAIGEL, see Hag, sb.1*, Hagg, v., Haggle, v.1
HAIGH, sb. Sc. Wm. A precipice ; a hillside.
Per. Syne a great haigh they row'd him down, DUFF Poems, 87
(JAM.). Wm. GIBSON Leg. (1877) 93.
HAIGH, v. Lan. Chs. Also written hay. To raise,
lift up, heave ; to take the top earth off gravel.
Lan^AfarmeratFlixton had fetched some gravel and complained
of his pay, saying, ' I had to hay it as well.' Chs.1 ; Chs.3 Hay
it up.
[Nu sket shall illc an dale beon All he;hedd upp and
fillcdd. Onnulum (c. 1200) 9204.]
HAIGH, HAIGLE, see Hag, sb.2, Haggle, sb.1, v.1
HAIG-RAIG, adj. Wil. [e-g-reg.] Bewildered.
SLOW Gl. (1892 ; Wil.1 (s.v. Hag-rod).
HAIGRIE, sb. Sh.I. Also in forms haegrie; hegrie
S. & Ork.1 (JAM.) [he'gri.] The heron, Ardea cinerea.
The . . . heron (.haigrie) . . . might surely have been scheduled
. . . [for] protection, Sh. News (Jan. 14, 1899); Gazin' aboot him
lack a howlin' haegrie, STEWART Tales (1892) 256; (W.A.G.) ;
SWAINSON Birds (1885; 144 ; EDMONSTON Zetl. (1809) II. 266 (JAM.).
[Norw. dial, hegre, a heron (AASEN) ; ON. hegri.]
HAIHOW, sb. n.Cy. Shr. Also in forms haho n.Cy. ;
high hoe Shr. The green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis.
n.Cy. Poetry Provinc. in Cornfi. Mag. (1865) XII. 35. Shr. Its
loud, laughing note has caused it to be called High hoe or Hai how,
SWAINSON Birds (1885) 100; Shr.1 [Pimard, Heighaw or Wood-
pecker, COTGR.]
HAIK(E, HAIKED, see Hack, sb.12, Hake, sb.a, v.,
Hawkit.
HAIL, sb.1 Sc. Irel. [hel.] Small shot, pellets.
Edb. They canna eithly miss their aim, The wail o' hail they
use for game, LIDDLE Poems (1821) 69. N.I.1 Sparrow hail. ' The
whole charge of hail went into his back.'
[Postes, big hail-shot for herons, geese, and other such
great fowl, COTGR.]
HAIL, v.1 Sc. Som. Cor. [h)el.] To shout; to
roar, cry.
Frf. They hailed doon to see if ony o' the inmates were alive,
WILLOCK Rosetty Ends (1886) 72, ed. 1889. Som. Trans. Phil.
Soc. (1858) 159 ; (HALL.) Cor. The souls of the drowned sailors
. . . haunt these spots, and the ' calling of the dead ' has frequently
been heard. . . Many a fisherman has declared he has heard the
voices of dead sailors ' hailing their own names,' HUNT Pop. Rom.
w.Eng. (1865) 366, ed. 1896.
HAIL, v." and sb." Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written hale
Sc. Nhb.1 Cum.14 [hel.] 1. v. To drive the ball to the
goal ; to win the goal. Cf. dool, sb.3 3.
Edb. When the ball is driven to the enemy's boundary it is
'hailed' (D.M.R.). Cum.1; Cum.4 The ball went 'down' very
soon and did not stop until nailed in the harbour.
Hence Haler, sb. a ' goal ' or ' win ' in the game of
' si i inn y ' or ' shinty.' Cum.4
HAIL
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HAIN
2. Phr. (i) hail the ball, (2) — the dool or dools, a term
used in football or other similar games, meaning to win a
goal, drive the ball through the goal ; to win the mark, be
victorious.
(i) Sc. (JAM.) Abd. The ba' spel's won And we the ba' ha'e
hail'd, SKINNER Poems (1809) 51. Nhb. The dawn will be cheery,
When death 'hails' the ba ! PROUDLOCK Borderland Muse (1896)
248 ; We haled the baa safe i' the chorch porch [the goal], DIXON
Shrove-tide Customs, 6; Nhb.1 Cum. Others start to hale the ball
(E.W.P.). (a) See DOOL, sb.2 3.
3. sb. The call announcing the winning stroke at shinty
and some other ball games ; the act of driving the ball to
the boundary.
Sc. (JAM.) , Cal.1 Edb. The cry of ' hail ' is raised at the game of
shinty when the ball is driven through the enemy's goal (D.M.R.).
4. The goal at shinty, football, &c. ; the ' goal' scored.
Sc. The struggle is, which party will drive the ball to their
' hail,' Chambers' Information (ed. 1842) s.v. Shinty ; The hails is
wun, T ARR AS Poems (1804) 66 (JAM.). Abd. The hail at 'shinty,'
and the dell at 'hunty' and 'kee how,' CADENHEAD Bon Accord
(1853) 192. Edb. The goal at shinty is known as ' the hails,' and a
goal wonisa'haiP (D.M.R.). Dmf.(jAM., s.v. Han'-an-hail). Nhb.1
' To kick hale ' is to win the game. Cum. A hail at feut-bo between
t'scheulhoose an' t'low stump, SARGissoN/o<?Scoa/> (1881)2; Cum.4
5. pi. A game of ball somewhat resembling ' shinty ' or
hockey ; see below.
Lth. Great was the variety of games played with the ball, both
by boys and girls, from ' shintie ' and ' hails ' to ' stot-ba ' and
'bannets,' STRATHESK More Bits (ed. 1885) 32. Edb. At the Edb.
Academy there is a game called ' hails,' which is akin to hockey,
only it is played with the flat wooden rackets called 'clackens,'
and the manner of playing is different (D.M.R.).
6. The place for playing off' the ball at hockey and
similar games. Sc. Also used in pi. (JAM.)
7. Comp. (i) Hail-ball, a boys' game ; see below ; also
called Han-an'-hail (q.v.) ; (2) -lick, the last blow or kick
of the ball, which wins the game at football, &c.
(i) Dmf. Two goals called 'hails' or 'dules' are fixed on. . .
The two parties then place themselves in the middle between the
goals or 'dules,' and one of the persons, taking a soft elastic ball
about the size of a man's fist, tosses it into the air, and as it falls
strikes it with his palm towards his antagonists. The object of
the game is for either party to drive the ball beyond the goal which
lies before them, while their opponents do all in their power to
prevent this (JAM., s.v. Han'-an-hail). (2) Knr. (JAM.)
HAIL, int. Yks. Also written hale, [el.] A cry used
to drive away geese.
n.Yks. ' Hale,' be off wi' ye, opposed to ' Abbey, abbey, abbey,'
a summons to come ^R.H.H.). e.Yks. (Miss A.)
HAIL, HAILL, see Ail, sb. 2, Hale, sb.1, adj., v.12, Heal, v?
HAILY, sb. Brks. Also written haighly. [Not known to
ourothercorrespondents.] [e'li.J An onset, onrush. (J.C.K.)
HAIM, HAIMALD, jsee Hame,s6.12, Hain, v>, Hamald.
HAIN, sb.1 Sc. [hen.] A haven, place of refuge.
Ags. The East Hain 'JAM.). Frf. The hind comes in, if hain he
win, LOWSON Guidfollow (1890) 242.
HAIN, sb.2 Chs. [en.] Hatred, malice. (HALL.), Chs.13
[Fr. haine, hatred.]
HAIN, v.1 and sb* Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written haain Brks.1 I.W.12; haen Abd. Ant.; hane
Sc. (JAM.) ; hayn s.Wor.1 Oxf.1 Hmp.1 ; hayne Glo.1 Som.
Cor.12; and in forms haim Glo.12; hein Frf. ; hen- Nhb.1
[h)en.] 1. v. To enclose, surround by a hedge ; to shut
up or preserve grass land from cattle, £c., with a view to
a crop of hay. Also with up.
Gall. (JAM.) Nhb. (J.H.); Nhb.1 A grass field kept back from
pasture till late in summer is said to be hained. Nhp.1 ' Have you
hained your land ?' i.e. have you excluded cattle from the field,
in order that the grass may grow ? Nhp.2, War. (J.R.W.) Wor.
Old turf keeping for sale. This keeping is very fresh, having been
winterhained,£ws/ia»<./»-«.(Mayi4,i898). s.Wor.1 Glo.J.S.F.S.);
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1789) I ; Gl. (1851); Glo.12 Oxf. When
the cattle are taken off, and the fences made up, the meadows are
hayned (K.) ; N.&Q. (1884) 6th S. ix. 390 ; Oxf.1, Hmp.1 I.W.1
Don't thee dreyve the cattle into that meead, caas "tes haain'd up ;
t.W.2 Wil. They make a practice of haining up their meadows as
early as possible, MARSHALL Review (1818) II. 489 ; BRITTON
Beauties (1825); Wil.1 Dor.1 The mead wer winter-hffmed. Som.
His plan is to winter hayne fifteen acres, Reports Agric. (1793-
1813) 114 ; (W.F.R.) ; JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; SWEET-
MAN JVincanton Gl. (1885). Cor.12
Hence Hained, ppl. adj. (i) of grass : preserved for hay,
not used as pasture ; (2) of ground : enclosed, preserved
from pasturage for a season. Also usedyzg-.
(i) Sc. That the bees may feed on the flowers of the heath and
late meadows or hain'd, that is kept grass, MAXWELL Bee-Master
(I747) 55 (JAM.) ; We'll thrive like hainet girss in May, CHAMBERS
Sngs. (1829) II. 517. w.Eng. MORTON Cydo. Agric. (1863). (a)
Sc. (JAM.) Abd. Hawkies twa, Whilk o'er the craft to some hained
rig she leads, STILL Cottar's Sunday (1845) 18. Flf. Transferred
to a man who is plump and well grown. ' Ye've been on the hain'd
rig" (JAM.). s.Sc.In sheep-farms, hained ground means, that which
is reserved for a particular purpose, such as to pasture the lambs
after they are weaned, or for the purpose of making hay from,
N. & Q. (1856) 2nd S. ii. 157. Ayr. Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy
tether To some hain'd rig, BURNS To his Auld Mare, st. 18. Slk.
That's the hained grundlike, HOGG 7afe(i838) 23, ed. 1866. Kcb.
Now weir an' fence o' wattl'd rice The hained fields inclose,
DAVIDSON Seasons (1789) 51. n.Cy. N. if Q. (1856) 2nd S. ii. 157.
2. To protect or preserve from harm ; to shield, exculpate.
Frf. Hain them weel, and deil the fear But on ye'll get, SANDS
Poems (1833) 24- Rnf- Wha wadna up an' rin To hain a weel
pay'd skin? FINLAYSON Rhymes (1815) 57. Ayr. Be hain'd wha
like, there was no excuse for him, HUNTER Studies (1870) 26. Lnk.
The guidwife, to hain her table, Spread a coverin" white as snaw,
NICHOLSON Kiluiuddie (ed. 1895) 52. Edb. Hain the life o' mony
a brave ane, CRAWFORD Poems (1798) 91. e.Dnr.1
3. To husband, economize, use sparingly ; to save up,
hoard, lay by.
Sc. It is well hain'd, that is hain'd off the belly, KELLY Prov.
(1721) 182; Kail hains bread, RAMSAY Prov. (1737^ ; We hain our
little hates, and are niggards of the love that would begin Heaven
for us even here, KEITH Bonnie Lady (1897) 73. Sh.I. Dey [bones]
wir weel hained, for we haed naethin' troo da voar, I may say, bit
just mael an' waiter, STEWART Tales (1892) 249. Cai.1 Kcd. Bere
an' aits in sheaves or tails, Weel haint the simmer through, GRANT
Lays (1884) 3. Abd. I wyte her squeelin's nae been hain't, Good-
wife (1867) st. 13. Frf. Come, hain your siller, pick an' eat,
BEATTIE Arnha (c. 1820) 16, ed. 1882. Per. I cut the bread thick
to hain the butter, FERGUSSON Vill. Poet. (1897) 121. s.Sc. A man
among men he For catching the soveran and haining the penny !
ALLAN Poems (1887) 65. Rnf. Some hae routh to spen' an' hain,
NEILSON Poems (1877) 27. Ayr. Ye're no to hain your ability in
the business, GALT Sir A. Wylie (1822) xxviii ; (J.M.) Lnk. The
thrifty mither did her best their scanty means to hain, NICHOLSON
Idylls (1870) 129. Edb. He wastes a poun, an' hains a penny,
LEARMONT Poems (1791) 65. Slk. You needna hain the jeel [jelly]
for there's twa dizzen pats, CHR. NORTH Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 98.
Rxb. The French Their lead an' powther hae nae hain'd, A. SCOTT
Poems (ed. 1808) 142. Gall. What Highlan' han' its blade would
hain ? NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814) 178, ed. 1897. Wgt. A thrifty
bit wife wha his weekly wage hains, FRASER Poems (1885) 177.
N.I.1 Ant. ' Haen your kitchen,' that is save your soup, beef, or
whatever else you have got to eat with your potatoes, Ballymena
Obs. (1892). N.Cy.1 Haining a new suit of clothes. Nhb. The
gear I hain, he just destroys, PROUDLOCK Borderland Muse
(1896) 339 ; Nhb.1 A man hains his food or drink to make it go as
far as possible. Dur. GIBSON Up-Weardale Gl. (1870). Cum.
We'll not give yae pleace a' our gift An' hain nought for anither,
Sngs. (1866) 239 ; Cum.4, s.Wor. (H.K.)
Hence (i) Hained, ppl. adj. (a) saved up, hoarded, pre-
served from use ; freq. in comb. Weel-hained ; (b) fig.
preserved, kept in store ; (2) Hained-up, ppl. adj., see
(*> «) 5 (3) Hainer, sb. one who saves anything from being
worn or expended ; (4) Haining, («) ppl. adj. thrifty,
saving, frugal, penurious ; (b) sb. economy, frugality,
saving; parsimony; (5) Hainings, s6. //.earnings, savings.
(i, a) Sc. The long-hained silver is paid over the counter, KEITH
Prue (1895) 159. Abd. I maun yield my weel-hained gear to deck
yon modern wa's, CADENHEAD Bon Accord (1853) 187. Per. She
puts on her weel-hain'd tartan plaid, NICOLL Poems (ed. 1843) 94.
Dmb. It's no my weel-hained pickle siller that's to keep him up
ony langer to play the fule, CROSS Disruption (1844) i. Ayr. Wha
waste your weel-hain'd gear on damn'd new Brigs and Harbours !
BURNS Brigs of Ayr (1787) 1. 173. Edb. Hain'd multer hads the
mill at ease, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 150, ed. 1785. Dmf. Our
guidwife coft a snip white coat, Wi' monie a weel hained butter-
groat, CROMEK Remains (1810) 90. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.)
Nhb. Auld Bella's well hain'd china ware, PROUDLOCK Borderland
D 2
HAIN
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HAINGLE
Muse ( 1896) 338. (6) Sc. Hain'd men ! will ye not heark ? AYTOUN
Ballads (ed. 1861 ) 1. 91. (a) Sc. It's fair pizen, It's naething but the
hained-up syndings o' the glesses, KEITH Bonnie Lady (1897) 29.
(3) Cld. He's a gude hainer o' his claise. He's an ill hainero' his
siller (JAM.). (4, a) Sh.I. Der ower hainin ta spend mair isdey
can help, Sh. News (Aug. 19, 1899). Bnff.1 Elg. Jeems, though
he's hainin', keeps a gey decent dram, TESTER Poems (1865) 133.
Ayr. Being of a haining disposition, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 9.
(6) Sh.1. Lang want, dey say, is nae bread hainin, Sh. News (July
9, 1898). Abd. That's an unco haenin o' the strae, ALEXANDER
Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxvii. Ayr. A spirit of scarting and haining
that I never could abide, SERVICE Dr. Duguid(ed. 1887) 25. Lnk.
Our John was aye a great man for hainin', ROY Generalship (ed.
1895) a. (5) Ayr. My lawful jointure and honest hainings, GALT
Entail (1823) Hi.
4. Phr. (i) hain the charge, to save expense ; to grudge,
be penurious ; (a) — the road, to save a journey.
(i) Sc. If my dear wife should hain the charge As I expect she
will, CHAMBERS Sngs. (1829) II. 487. (a) Edb. If ye'd stay'd at
hame, and cooked, And hain'd the road, LIDDLE Poems (1821) 27.
5. To save or spare exertion, trouble, &c.
Sc. (JAM.) Sh.1. I could a haind my trouble, Sh. News (July a,
1898). Inv. To hain one's self in a race, not to force one's self at
first (H.E.F.). Bch. They are so hain'd, they grow so daft, FORBES
Dominie (1785) 43. Abd. Swankies they link aff the pot To hain
their joes, KEITH Farmer s Ha' (1774) sL 60. Slg. Flit in tethers
needless nags That us'd to hain us, MUIR Poems (1818) 13. Ayr.
Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, Be hain't wha like, BURNS
2nd Ep. to Davie. e.Lth. I'm suir ye dinna hain yoursel, sir,
HUNTER J. Inwick (1895) 134. Dmf. Wha toiled sae sair tae hain
me. QUINN Heather (1863) 345. Gall. You know I havena sought
to hain you in the hottest of the harvest ; neither have I urged you
on, NICHOLSON Hist. Tales (1843) 334. N.I.1 Ye hained yersel' the
day. Nhb.1 A man takes work easily and hains himself in order
that his strength may endure to the end of the day.
Hence Hained, ppl. adj. (i) well-preserved, not wasted
by bodily fatigue or exertion ; (2) fie. chaste.
(i) Nhb.1 A man who has gone through a long life and presents
a fresh appearance is said to be 'weel hained.' (a) Sc. 'Well-
hained,' not wasted by venery (JAM.).
6. With on : to grudge the expense of a bargain ; to
grudge one's pains or trouble.
Efteraa've myed the bargain aa hen'don't (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 ' He
seun henned on't,' he soon gave it up or tired of doing it.
7. With /row or off: to abstain or hold aloof from.
Slg. I am sorry he has been so long hained from Court, BKUCE
Sermons (1631) ao, ed. 1843. Brks.1 Us 'ool haain aff vrom taay-
kin' any notice on't vor a daay or two, praps a wunt do't no moor.
8. To cease raining.
Sh.I. Da rain hained an' da wind banged ta wast wi' a perfect
gyndagooster, SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) 250 ; ib. 119.
9. sb. A field shut up for hay ; an enclosure.
Hrf. (W.W.S.), Hrf.1 Glo. LEWIS Gl. (1839); Glo.1 Wil.
BRITTON Beauties (1835). Som. Mr. H., speaking of an egg he had
found on another person's land, said, ' I had no right to it ; it wasn't
my hain ' (W.F.R.).
[1. Norw.dial.//?§7K»,to fence in, enclose (AASEN); soON.
hegna (ViGFUSsoN). 3. In Seytoun he remaned, Whair
wyne and aill was nothing hayned, Sat. Poems (1583), ed.
Cranstoun, I. 372.]
HAIN, v." Lin. To possess.
(HALL.); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 159.
HAIN, v.8 e.An. Also in forms heigh'n e.An.1 2 ;
heign, heig'n Nrf. ; heyne Suf. ; highen Nrf. [en.] To
raise, heighten, esp. to raise in price.
e.An.1 Invariably applied to the increase of prices, wages, &c.
e.An.1 Flour is hain to-day a penny a stun. Nrf. Yow would a
larfcd . . . tu see that old hussy [a cow] hain up her tail, PATTERSON
Man and Nat. (1895) 66 ; Master said ... he should heig'n the
whole of his men on Saturday night, SPILLING Molly Miggs (1873]
8 ; I'm afeard that flour will be hained again next week ( W.R.E.)
A bricklayer speaks of heigning a wall, COZENS- HARDY Broad Nrf.
(1893) 15; (W.H.Y.) ; GROSE (1790). e.Nrf. To hain the rent,
the rick, the ditch, MARSHALL Rur. Earn. (1787). w.Nrf. Every
thin' is heighen'd 'cept wages t'yaar, ORTON Beeston Ghost (1884) 7
Suf. RAVEN Hist. Suf. (1895) a6a.
[I have spoke with Borges that he shuld heyne the
price of the mershe, Paston Let. (14651 II. 176; Heynyn
exalto, elevo, Prompt.]
Ess. [en.] To drive away.
Trans. Arch. Soc. (1863) II. 185 ; (W.W.S.)
HAIN, V*
HAIN v.5 Som. Dev. Also written hayne Dev. ; and
n forms ain w.Som.1 ; aine Som.; hend, hen(n Som.
Dev. ; yean Dev.1 ; yen Dev.12 n.Dev. nw.Dev.1 [en, en,
en.] To throw, fling, esp. to throw stones, &c.
Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873);
Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 126. w.Som.1 Dhu bwuuyz bee arneen
stoa-unz tu dhu duuks [The boys are throwing stones at the ducks J.
Dev. Ef zo be thee dissent be quiet, I'll henn thease gert cob to
thy heyde ! HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892) ; Don't you hayne stwones,
there ! PULMAN Sketches (1842) 103, ed. 1871 ; MOORE Htst. (1829!
I 354 ; Still most commonly applied to throwing stones, though
not always, Reports Provinc. (1889) ; Dev.1 Whan a had greep d
down a wallige of muss, a ... yean'd et away, a ; Witherly up
with his voot and yand over the tea-kittle, ib. 4 ; Dev.2 n.Dev. Yen
ma thick Cris'mus brawn, ROCK/I'»< an' AW/(i867) st. I ; Tha henst
along thy Torn, Exm. Scold. (1746) I. 255. nw.Dev.1 Yen 'n away.
[Our giwes him ladde wibboute be toun and henede him
wib stones, be Holy Rode (c. 1300) 263. OE. hanan, to
stone (John x. 32).]
HAIN, see Hine.
HAINBERRIES, sb. Sc. Raspberries, the fruit of
Rubus Idaeus. Cf. hindberry.
Sc. Haw.burs an hainberries grow bonnilie, EDWARDS Mod.
Poets, 3rd S. 396. Rxb. (JAM.)
HAINCH, sb. and v. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Lakel.
Written hainsh Rnf. ; also in forms bench Sc. Ant. Cum.4 ;
henge Nhb.1 ; hinch Sc. Inv. Bnff.1 Per. N.I.1 s.Don.
1. sb. The haunch.
Sc. (JAM.) Gall. The upper han' at last he has gat, And reel'd
thee on thy bench fu' flat, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 501, ed.
1876. N.I.1 The corn was that short a Jinny Wran might ha' sat
on her hinches an' picked the top pickle off. Ant. GROSE (1790)
MS. add. (C.) s.Don. SIMMONS Gl. (1890). N.Cy.1 Nhb. In con-
stant gen. use (R.O.H. ).
2. Cotnp. (i) Hench-bane, the haunch-bone; (2) -deep,
up to the haunches; (3) -hoops, obs., hoops over which skirts
were draped ; (4) -knots, bunches of ribbons worn on the
hips ; (5) -vent, a triangular bit of linen, a gore.
(i) Inv. (H.E.F.) Gall. A cleg that nips him on the hench bane,
CROCKETT Raiders (i8g4)xlvi. (2) Sh.I. Da fans o' snaw wis lyin'
hench deep, Sh. News (Feb. 5, 1898). Per. In scatter holes hinch-
deep I've been Wi' dirt a' mestered to the e'en, SPENCE Poems
(1898) 165. (3) Ayr. Her twa sisters, in their hench-hoops with
their fans in their hands, GALT Entail (1823)1. (4) Edb. CHAMBERS
Trad. Edb. II. 59. (5) Gall. (JAM.)
3. A term in wrestling ; see below.
Cum.4 Fallen into disuse among modern wrestlers ; it is the
equivalent of the 'half-buttock.' The wrestler turns in as fora 'but-
tock ' and pulls his opponent across his haunch instead of over his
back as in the ' buttock.' ' He was an excellent striker with the
right leg, effective with the hench, and clever also at hyping,'
Wrestling, 142.
4. v. To throw by resting the arm on the thigh, to throw
under the leg or haunch ; to jerk, fling. Also usedySg-.
Bnff.' Rnf. Natural Fools to rank an' power She hainshes un-
deservin', PICKEN Poems (1813) I. 147. Ayr. He was the best at
hainching a stane, young or auld, that I ever saw, SERVICE Dr.
Duguid (ed. 1887) 43. Gall. There were few places . . . from
which I could not reach an erring youth with pebble cunningly
' henched,' CROCKETT Raiders (1894) xii. N.I.1 To throw stones by
bringing the hand across the thigh. Ant Hoo far can you throw
a stane by henchin' it? A henched it to him. Ballymena Obs.
(1892); GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) Uls. VM.B.-S.) s.Don.
SIMMONS Gl. (1890). N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 To throw a stone by striking
the hand against the haunch bone and throwing it with high tra-
jectory. Cum.4
[1. King James . . . strukne in the hench or he was war
. . . dies, DALRYMPLE Leslie's Hist. Scotl. (1596) II. 81.]
HAINE, sb. w.Yks.2 The same as Ain (q.v.).
HAINER, sb. e.An.1 [Not known to our correspon-
dents.] The master who holds or sustains the expenses
of the feast.
HAINGLE, v. and sb. Sc. [he'ngl.] 1. v. To go
about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, loiter,
wander about aimlessly.
Sc. They haingled frae folk to folk, WADDELL Ps. (1871) cv. 13;
HAINING
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HAIR
(JAM.) e.Fif. To haingle aboot through the streets o' a big city,
LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xviii.
2. sb. A lout, booby, an awkward fellow.
Sc. I'll gar ye — ye wilycart huingle ; an ye gie me sic a fright.
Si. Patrick (1819) (JAM.).
3. pi. The influenza.
Ags. From hanging so long about those who are afflicted with
it, often without positively assuming the form of a disease GAM.).
4. Phr. to hae the haingles, to be in a state of ennui, ib.
HAINING, sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Der. Glo. Brks.
Also in form haning Abd. [h)e-nin.] The preserving of
grass for cattle ; protected grass ; any fenced field or en-
closure ; a separate place for cattle. See Hain, v.1
Abd. As haining water'd with the morning dew, Ross Helenore
(1768) 140, ed. Nimmo ; Any field where the grass or crop is
protected from being eaten up, cut, or destroyed, whether inclosed
or not (JAM.). Nhb. A company of hay-makers, whose work in
the adjacent haining had been interrupted, Denham Tracts (ed.
1895) II. 208; Nhb.i w.Yks. LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
Gl. Lan. DAVIES Races (1856) 268. Der. The laying or shutting
up meadows for hay is called hayning, GLOVER Hist. ^1829) I. 203.
Glo.1 Brks. We present that no owner or occupier of land in
Northcroft has a right to hitch, enclose, or feed any of the lands
there from the usual time of hayning to the customary time of
breaking, Rec. Court Leet (1830) in Newbury Wkly. News (Feb. 16,
1888) ; Brks.1
Hence (i) Haining-ground, sb. an outlet for cattle; (2)
•time, sb. cropping-time, while the fields or crops are en-
closed in order to keep out cattle.
(i) Lan.1 (a) Ayr. Vnles the samyn guddis be sufficientlie
tedderit in hanyng tyme, Burgh Rec. Prestwick (Oct. 2, 1605)
OAM. Suppl.).
HAINING, adj. Obs. Yks. Of the weather : cold,
drizzly.
w.Yks. In 1871 I was just able to rescue the word from oblivion.
. . . Since then I have not found anyone who knows it, LUCAS
Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl.
HAINISH, adj.1 Hrt. Ess. Also in form ainish Hrt.
[e-nij.] 1. Unpleasant, used esp. of the weather, showery,
rainy. Cf. hayness.
Ess. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 498 ; Trans. Arch. Soc. (1863) II.
185; Gl. (1851); Ess.1
2. Awkward, ill-tempered.
Hrt. He was such an ainish old man (G.H.).
[1. Prob. a form of lit. E. heinous.}
HAINISH, adj.2 Pern. Also written haynish. [e'nij.]
Greedy, ravenous ; craving for a thing.
s.Pem. LAWS Little Eng. (1888) 420; So, man, yea'l be very
haynish, yea'l get the whole haws (W.M.M.).
HAINRIDGE, see Henridge.
HAJPS, sb. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also in form haip Fif.
A sloven.
Fif. She jaw'd them, misca'd them For clashin' claikin' haips,
DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 125. w.Yks. (HALL.), w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1
HAIR, sb. and v. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. I. Dial, forms : (i) Haar, (2) Har, (3)
Hear(r, (4) Heear, (5) Heer, (6) Heere, (7) Hewr, (8)
Huer, (9) Hure, (10) Ure, (n) Yar, (12) Yare, (13) Year,
(14) Yor, (15) Yur, (16) Yure.
(i) S. & Ork.1 w.Yks. His haar he ne'er puts comb in.TwiSLETON
Poems (c. 1867) I. 6. Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 197. (2) Oxf.1
(3) Cum. It wad ha keep't me a noor lang to swort up me hearr,
Willy Wattle (1870) 7 ; Cum.1 (4) Wm. T'heeara mi heead steead
an end, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 3. (5) Der.1, nw.Der.1 Lin. Long
and black ma heer was then, Monthly Pckt. (Apr. 1862)377. (6) Ken.
(G.B.) (7)Lan. Mehhewr war clottertwi' gore, AINSWORTH Witches
(ed. 1849) Introd. iii. (8) w.Yks.1 (9) n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Lan.
Till it come to meh hure, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (1740) 17 ; Lan.1,
Chs.12, nw.Der.1 (10) Lan. Noane hauve us mich ure oppo his
faze us sum o yo chaps ban, ORMEROD Felleyfro Rachde (1864) ii.
(n) Cum.1 ; Cum.3 A scwore of as bonnie Galloway Scots as iver
bed yar o' t'ootside on them, 32. Wm. T'red en yalla tale wi' o
t'yar ont, ROBISON Aald Tales (1882) 9. n.Lan.1, se.Wor.1 Shr.1
The child mun'ave'eryar cut short, I doubt. Hrf.2,Oxf.» (i2)Brks.
His yead did graw above his yare, HUGHES Scour. White Horse
(1859) vii. (13) n-Wil. Yer year uz lik a vlock o' gwoats, KITE
Sng. Sol. (1860) iv. i. (14) Wor. ALLIES Antiq. Flk-Lore (1840)
366, ed. 1852. (15) Cum.1 Glo. Hev thi yur cut, Roger Plowman,
29. (16) Lan.1, e.Lan.1, m.Lan.1, Chs.128, s.Chs.1, nw.Der.1
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In comb, (i) Hair-beard, the
field woodrush, Luzula campestris ; (2) -bell, the foxglove,
Digitalis purpurea; (3) -breed, a hair-breadth, a very
narrow margin ; (4) -breeds, little by little, by slow de-
grees; (5) -charm, see below; (6) -hung or -hanged,
hanging by the hair ; (7) -kaimer, a hairdresser ; (8)
•knife, a knife used in freeing butter from hairs ; (9) -line,
(a) a fishing-line made of hair ; (b) a kind of cloth with
very fine stripes ; (10) -pitched, (a) bald ; (b) having
rough, unbrushed hair or coat ; (n) -scaup, the crown of
the head ; (12) -shagh, -shard, or -shaw,( 13) -shorn-lip, a cleft
lip ; a hare-lip ; ( 14) -sit, a scented mucilaginous prepara-
tion for keeping the hair in place ; (15) -sore, (a) when
the skin of the head is sore from any cause, as from
a cold ; (b) fig. touchy, ready to take offence ; (16)
-teemsey, a fine sieve, with a grating of hair-cloth, used
for sifting fine flour, &c. ; (17) -tether, a tether made of
hair; (18) -weed, the greater dodder, Cuscuta europaea,
or the lesser dodder, C. Epithymum.
(i) Nhp.1 This plant, being one of the harbingers of spring, and
gen. making its appearance in mild, genial weather, has originated
the following prophetic adage : 'When the hair-beard appear The
shepherd need not fear.' (2) Ir. Science Gossip (1870) 135. (3)
n.Yks.2 ; n.Yks.4 He 'scaped wiv his leyfe, bud it war nobbut byv
a hair-breed. m.Yks.1, n.Lin.1 (4) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.4 Wa're bod-
duming what tha did byv hair-breeds. Willie mends, bud it's
nobbut byv hair-breeds. (.5) Sh.I. Peggy still breathingthreatenings
and slaughter against Sarah o' Northouse for abstracting her butter
profit, and against himself for not being more expert in obtaining
the hair-charm from the said Sarah's cow ; for in this important
enterprise he had failed, owing to that wide-awake individual
coming upon him just at the moment he was in the act of applying
the shears to Crummie's side, STEWART Tales (1892) 54. (6) Lnk.
Absalom's lyfe, hayre-hung, betwene two trees, LITHGOW Poet.
Rent. (ed. 1863) Si: Welcome ; Proud Absalom was hair-hangd on
a tree, ib. Gushing Teares. (7) Edb. Hair-kaimers, crieshy gizy-
makers, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 174, ed. 1785. (8) Sc. (JAM.)
(9, a) Sc. Wi' hair-lines, and lang wands whuppin the burns,
LEIGHTON Words (1869) 17. Lnk. There's a haill saxpince worth
o' hair-line and gut, GORDON Pyotshaw (1885) 116. (6) w.Yks.
(J.M.) (10, a) Cor.1 ' Hair-pitched ould hermit,' term of reproach ;
Cor.2 (b] Cor. The cow would go round the fields bleating and
crying as if she had lost her calf; she became hair-pitched,
and pined away to skin and bone, HUNT Pop. Rom. ui.Eng.
(1865) 109, ed. 1896; THOMAS Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ;
A person covered with loose hairs shed by a horse, &c. is
said to be hair-pitched (M.A.C.) ; Cor.3 It indicates the state of
the hair when from the over-dryness of the skin it sticks up
irregularly and cannot be smoothed, (n) n.Yks.2 (12) Sc. A
hair-shagh urisum and grim, DRUMMOND Muckomachy (1846) 7.
Abd. He has a hairshard (G.W.). Per. He has a hairshaw (ib!).
Gall. (A.W.) (13) s.Chs.1 (14) n.Yks.2 (15, a) Chs.1 It may
sometimes be naturally tender ; at any rate yure-sore is looked
upon as a real and almost incurable disease ; Chs.2 (A) Chs.1 (16)
Nhb.1 (17) Sc. Supposed to be employed in witch-craft (JAM.).
(18 Bdf. Dodder,hell-weed, or devil's-guts(CKsc«to£'»<>'o/>ra) is called
hale-weed, hair-weed, and beggar-weed in this neighbourhood,
BATCHELOR Agric. (1813) 325. Hrt. ELLIS Mod. Hush. (1750) IV.
ii. Nrf. We could never cut the hair-weed, EMERSON 5o« of Fens
(1892) 103.
2. Phr. (i) hair and head, an' that's all, said of one with-
out brains or sense ; (2) — and lime, see below ; (3) —
about, an expression used to describe the hair when it is
changing to grey ; (4) — of the head clock, a clock hanging
to the wall, with weights and pendulum exposed ; (5)
in her hair, in full dress ; (6) a dog of a different hair,
a person or thing of a different kind ; (7) to a hair,
exactly; (8) to find or have a hair in the neck, (a) to find
fault with ; (b) to experience a difficulty or annoyance ;
(9) to have hair on one's head, to be clever, cautious, or
wise; (10) to lug the hair, to pull the hair; (n) to miss
every hair of his head, to miss any one very much ; (12) to
stand upon a hair, to be within a very little, to be ' touch
and go ' with ; (13) to take one's hair off, to surprise
greatly ; (14) a hair needed to make a cable or a tether, to
exaggerate greatly, make much of a trifle ; (15) hilt or
hair, absolutely nothing ; used with a neg.
(i) n.Yks.2 (s.v. Heead). (2) n.Yks. At old farm houses, when
HAIRED
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saltfish was eaten to dinner, they took what was spared, picked out
the bones, and hashed it up for supper with potatoes, and pepper
and salt. This was called hair and lime (I.W.) . (3) Ant. (W.H.P.)
(4) w.Yki. (S.P.U.) (5) Wxf. They speak of a lady going to an
evening party ' in her hair,' meaning ' in full dress" I.J.S.). (6)
Lan. Nawe Bright's a dog of a different yure, BRIERLEY Old
Radicals, n. (7) s.Sc. It's nowther birsslet by the sun owr sair,
Nor starv't aneath a winter sky, But right t' a hair, T. SCOTT Poems
('793'' 349- Dmb. I've seen a place that'll fit us to a vera hair,
CROSS Disruption (1844) vi. Edb. Whate'er disease he didna care,
J — could cure them to a hair, FORBES Poems (i8ia) 85. n.Cy.
(J.W.) Lan. Hoo [she] knows th' temper o' my inside to a yure,
WAUGH Snowed-up, i ; Lan.1 Nhp.1 To suit you to a hair. (8, a)
Sc. To hold another under restraint by having the power of
saying or doing something that would give pain (JAM.). s.Sc.
Your husband was a maist worthy man. Though a barber, nae
man ever fand a hair i' his neck, WILSON Tales (1836) III. 67. (A)
Per. ' That's a hair in yer neck." Something to make you think
about, a difficult point for you (G.W.). Lnk. It wad hae been a
gey sair hair i' her neck for mony, mony a lang day, GORDON
Pyotshaw (1885) 40. (9) Fit (JAM.) (10) Chs.i Aw'll lug thy
yure for thee. (n) s.Wor.1 35. (13) Sh.I. Hit juist stQde apon
a hair 'at wir coortin' didna caese dair an' dan, Sh. News (Nov. 26,
1898). (13) e.Suf. That takes my hair off (F.H.). (14) Sc. A' he
wanted was a hair To mak' a tether, FORD Thistledown (1891) 205.
Sh.I. Der among wis 'at only need a hair ta mak' a tedder, Sh.
News (May 7, 1898). Abd. Imagined by folk that ken't nae better,
an' when they got a hair would mak' a tether o't, Deeside Tales
(1873) 141. Per. Clear of all this clachan rabble Who with one
hair can make a cable, SPENCE Poems (1898) 168. Dmb. Rummaged
through the hoose for a hair to mak' a tether o't, CROSS Disruption
(1844) xxviii. Rnf. Just gie him a hair to mak a tether, He needs
nae mair, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 107. Ayr. When once she
found a hair, She soon a tether made, WHITE Joltings '1879) 178.
Edb. You only wanted but a hair As a pretext to mak a tether,
LIDDLE Poems (1831) 134. (15) Dmb. If never hilt or hair o't had
been seen or heard tell o' wha wad ha'e been to blame but yoursel ?
CROSS Disruption (1844) xxviii.
8. A filament of flax or hemp ; a sixth of a hank of yarn.
S.&Ork.1 Ayr. A hesp o' seven heere yarn,GALT Entail (1823)
Ixxx.
4. A very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle,
the smallest possible amount.
Sc. A hair of meal, a few grains (JAM.) ; They seemed all a hair
set back and gave various answers, STEVENSON Catriona (1893)
xvii. Sh.I. Some got a hair o 'oo', an' som' got what he ca'd sax-
penny rivlins, Sh. News (Mar. 4, 1899). Frf. An elder o' the
kirk, an' ... Cent a hair the waur o' that, WILLOCK Rosetty Ends
(1886) 25, ed. 1889. Per. There wasna the hair o' a stroke on it,
Sandy Scott (1897) 65. Rnf. I proffer'd a hair o' my sneeshin,
WEBSTER Rhymes ( 1835) 8a. Edb. N' excrescence left t' improve 't
a hair, Sae weel's ye've done it, LIDDLE Poems (1821) 136. Gall.
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1834) 251, ed. 1876. NJ.1 ' No a hair
feared,' not a bit afraid. N.Cy.1 A hair of salt. A hair of meal.
Nhb.1 Snr.1 I've never been a hair's malice with him.
5. The cprn-spurrey, Spergula aruensis. Cum.1
6. A hair-cloth used in the cider-press. Gen. in pi.
s.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B.) 7. The cloth on the
oast above the fire, upon which the hops are dried. Ken '
Sur.1
8. v. Phr. to hair butter, to free butter of hairs, &c. by
passing a knife through it in all directions.
Peb. A large knife . . . was repeatedly passed through it [butter]
in all directions, that hairs and other impurities might be removed.
. . . This practice, then universal, was called hairing the butter,
Agric. Surv. Si (JAM.)-
HAIRED, pfl. adj. Sc. Having a mixture of white
and red or white and black hairs. Fif. (JAM.)
HAIREN, adj. Sc. Also e.An. w.Cy. Dev. Written
barren e.An.1 Made of hair.
S. ft Ork.1, Cai.1 Bnff. They took a hairen tether and hanged
him, KEITH Leg. Strathisla (1851) 77. Abd. (JAM.) e.An.1 • A
barren brum/ is a hair broom. w.Cy. (J.W.) Dev. In explaining
to me the harness of pack-saddles, T. C. said that ' a hairen gease '
completely encircled the body of the animal. This peculiar form
of gease [girth] was made partly of hair webbing and partly of
rope, the two parts respectively passing under the belly and over
the saddle on the back, Reports Provinc. (1893).
HAIRIF, sb. In gen. dial, use in Eng. Also in forms
airess w.Yks. ; aireve Midi. ; airif Lin. ; airup Yks. ;
aress w.Yks. ; eerif s.Chs.1 ; eriff, erith s.Not.1 ; errif(f
Chs.18 Stf.2 Not.1 Rut.1 Lei.1 ; haireve Glo.1 ; hairough
e-Yks.1 Midi. Lei.1; hairrough n.Yks.2; hairup e.Yks.1 ;
harif(f N.Cy.2 n. Yks.2 e. Yks.1 Not. sw.Lin.1 Glo.1; hariffe
Shr.1 ; ban-up Yks. ; hayriff sw.Lin.1 War.2 s.Wor.1
se.Wor.1 Rdn. Dev.4 ; heiriff(e Nhp.1; herif(f Chs.1 Midi.
Stf.2 War.8 Hmp.1 ; herrif Not. [h)a-rif, e'rif, e'rif.]
1. The goose-grass, Galium Aparine.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.2, Yks. (B. & H.), n.Yks.2 e.Yks.
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (B. & H.), Chs.13,
s.Chs.1 Midi. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796) II; Science Gossip
(1869) 26. Stf. Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 95 ; Stf.2 Not. YOUNG
Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXIII. 151; (W.H.S.) ; Not.1, s.Not.
(J.P.K.), n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 We call that hariff; when we were
childer, we used to flog our tongues wi' it, to make them bleed.
Rut1 The crop wur half erriff. Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.23, s.Wor.1,
se.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf. (B. & H.), Rdn. (B. & H.) Glo. MARSHALL
Rur. Econ. (1789) I ; Science Gossip (1876) 167 ; Glo.1, Hmp.1
2. The meadow-sweet, Spiraea Ulmaria. Dev.4
[L Rubea minor, hayrive, Sin. Barth. (c. 1350) 37. OE.
hegerife (Leechdoms).}
HAIRLY, HAIRM, see Hardleys, Harm, v.
HAIR-MOULD, sb. Sc. Mouldiness which appears
on bread, &c., caused by dampness. Also used attrib.
Sc. (JAM. ' Bnff. On hair-mould bannocks fed, TAYLOR Poems
(Il^l} 3. Edb. I vow my hair-mould milk would poison dogs,
FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 108, ed. 1785.
[Mucor, hery mowldnes : vitium pants, acorpotus, rancor
carnis, DUNCAN Etym. (1595).]
HAIRN,HAIROUGH,HAIRSE,HAIRSHIP,HAIRUP,
see Harden, v., Hairif, Hearse, Hership.
HAIRY, adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Written harey N.I.1 1. Comp. (i) Hairy-bind, the
greater dodder, Cuscuta europaea ; (2) -brotag, any very
large, hairy caterpillar ; (3) -bummler, a name given to
several kinds of crabs ; (4) -granfer, (5) -hoobit, -Hubert,
or -oobit, see (2) ; (6) -hutcheon, a sea-urchin ; (7) -man,
the larva of the tiger-moth ; (8) -milner, see (2) ; (9)
•moggans, hose without feet ; (10) -palmer, (n) -tailor,
see (2) ; (12) -wig, the earwig ; (13) -worm, see (2).
(i) Hrt. ELLIS Mod. Husb. (1750) IV. ii. (2) Cai.1 (3! Bnff.1
(4) Cor. (M.A.C.) (5) Bnff. He lifted up his hand to wipe some-
thing off his cheek. It was a hairy oobit, SMILES Natur. (ed. 1893)
191 ; The hairy-oubits hid frae view, SHELLEY Flowers (1868) 56.
Nhb. If you throw a hairy worm, in the North called Hairy-Hubert,
over your head, and take care not to look to see where it alights,
you are sure to get something new before long, BROCKIE Leg.
140 ; Nub.1 Sometimes applied to a showy, helpless character.
(6) Rxb. (JAM.) (7) e.Yks. Nature Notes, No. 4. w.Yks.
(.W.M.E.F.) (8) w.Wor.1 (9) Fif. (JAM.) (10) w.Som.1 Ae'uree
paarmur. (n) Shr.< (12) Ken. (G.B.) (13) Nhb.1, Cum.",
n.Ykg. (I.W.), n.Yks." e.Yks.1 MS. add. VT.H.)
2. Clever, sharp, capable ; cunning.
N.I.1 Wmh. If it is proposed to send a boy on business to a
fair, &c. it will be said, ' O, he is not hairy enough for that ' (E.M ) •
You'd want to be very hairy to catch fish (M.S.M.).
3. Flighty, light-headed.
Nhb. In my recollection every one shaved some part of his face,
except imbeciles or lunatics. Hence probably the term (M.H.D.).
HAISER, v. Sc. Irel. Also written haisre, haizre Sc.
(JAM. Suppl.) ; haizer Sc. (JAM.) ; and in formhazerd N.I.1
[he-zar] To dry clothes in the open air. See Haze, v.\
Hazle, v.
Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) Abd. Our clothes are out 'haiserin.' Fresh
air and sunlight are required to haiser recently-washed clothes
(G.W.).
Hence Haizert or Hazerded, ppl. adj. half-dried, sur-
face-dried.
Ayr. (JAM.) NX1 Them clothes are not dry at all : they're only
hazerded.
HAISK, HAISLE, see Hask, adj., Hazle, v.
HAISS, adj. Sc. Also written hess GAM.), [hes.l
Hoarse. (JAM.), Cai.1 Cf. hose, adj.
[OE. has, hoarse ; cp. OHG. heis, ' raucus ' (GRAFF).!
HAIST, see Harvest.
HAISTER, v. and sb. Sc. Cum. Wm. Also written
hasterCum.Wm. ; haysterCum.1 [he-star.] 1. v. To
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do anything hurriedly or in a slovenly manner ; to act or
speak without consideration.
Rxb. Applied to bread, when ill-toasted. Any work ill done,
and in a hurried way, is also said to be haister'd (JAM.). Cum.4
Food put into a quick oven may be overcooked and spoiled ; it is
then haister't.
Hence Haistering, ppl. adj. careless, slovenly.
Rxb. ' A haisterin" hallock,' a careless or slovenly gillflirt (JAM.).
2. To fatigue with hard work ; to pull about roughly ; to
annoy.
Cum. Young Martha Todd was haister't sair By rammish Wully
Barr'as, GILPIN Sngs. (1866) 281 ; Cum.24
Hence Haister'd, pp. roughly treated, harassed by cold ;
of the skin : roughened, chapped.
Cnm.1 ; Cum.4 An animal severely pinched by hunger and cold
is haister't. ' Yon nag's o' hastered.' Wm. Mi feeace is o' hestsr'd
wi' t'helm wind (B.K.).
3. sb. One who speaks or acts confusedly. In pi. form.
Rxb. QAM.)
4. A slovenly woman ; confusion, hodge-podge.
Slk. (i'6.) Rxb. Sometimes applied to a great dinner confusedly
set down (ik.).
5. A surfeit. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 305; Cum.4
HAISTER, sb. Shr. (HALL.) The same as Astre (q.v.).
HAIT, int. and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng.
Also written hayt n.Yks.1 Not.1 Lei.1 War.3 Wil. ; and in
forms ait Chs. ; ate, hate Chs.1 ; heet Shr.1 ; height
n.Yks. e.Yks.1 s.Lan. nw.Der.1 n.Lin.1 Shr. Hrf. Suf.1 ;
heit n.Cy. s.Chs:1 nw.Der.1 Rut.1 Nhp.12 Shr.1 Suf.1 Dev. ;
het s.Wor. Glo.1 Oxf.1 ; hett w.Yks.1 ; hite Nhb.1 Wm.
Yks. ; hout Glo. ; huyt s.Dur. ; hyte Lth. n.Yks.1 ; yate
w.Yks.2 Nhp.2 [h)et, eat, eit, it.] 1. int. A call to urge
horses or other animals to go on.
Wm. A sheep dog is urged to the furthermost point of the field
by the shepherd calling out to it, ' Hite away ! Hite away roond ! '
(B.K.) s.Lan. (W.H.T.) Rnt.1 Heit ! Jack ! s.Pem. Used fifty
years ago in urging the bullocks (W.M.M.). Glo. A carter's phrase
to encourage his horse, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 179. Dev. ib.
2. A call to the horse to go to the left.
Nhb.1 Yks. For ' gee ' and ' 06,' the carters say ' hite ' and ' ree '
(K.). n.Yks.1 The old word of command to the horses in a team
or the plough to turn towards the driver, or to the left. w.Yks.12,
Sus.1, Ess. (H.H.M.)
Hence (i) Haito or Hayto, sb. a child's name for a
horse ; (2) Hait-wo, int. a call to horses to go to the left ;
(3) Heighty-oss, sb., see (i) ; (4) Highty, int., see (2).
(i) Wil.1 n.WU. Look at the haitos then ! (E.H.G.) (2) e.An.1,
Wil.1 (3) e.Yks.1 (4) n.Cy. DARTNELL& GODDARD Wds. (1893).
3. A call to the horse to go to the right or off-side, away
from the carter.
Chs. (E.M.G.), Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Heit off. nw.Der.1 Not. Height
agean (E.P.) ; Not.1 n.Lin.1 Obsol. Lei.1 Nhp.1 A command to
the filler, or shaft-horse, to go from the driver; Nhp.2 A word
addressed to the second horse in a team. War.3, s.Wor. (H.K.)
Shr.1 (s.v. Waggoner's Words). Shr., Hrf. BOUND Provinc. (1876).
Glo.1 Het off! Oxf.1 Het up. e.Suf. (F.H.) Hmp. Formerly at
harvest suppers, a song was sung in praise of the head carter, the
chorus of which was, ' With a heit, with a ree, with a who, with
a gee,' HOLLOWAY.
4. Phr. (i) neither hait nor ree, neither one side nor the
other ; used fig. of a wilful person who will go his own
way ; (2) always of hite or of shite, said of a person with
an uncertain, uneven temper.
(i^ n.Cy. He will neither heit nor ree, GROSE (1790). Nhb.1 She
wou'd neither hyte nor ree. n.Yks. Thou'l neither height nor
ree, MERITON Praise Ale (1684) 1. 415. (2) Wm. (B.K.)
5. v. To urge or egg on ; to urge on a horse.
Lth. He hyted, he huppit — in vain, O ! He ferlied what gaured
his horse stand like a stock, BALLANTINE Poems (1856) 114. s.Dur.
He-was always huyten' me on (J.E.D.).
[1. His thought said haight, his sillie speache cryed ho,
GASCOIGNE Dan Bartholmew (1576), ed. Hazlitt, I. 136 ;
The carter smoot, and cryde, as he were wood, Hayt,
Brok ! hayt, Scot ! what spare ye for the stones ? CHAUCER
C. T. D. 1543. 2. Cp. Sw. dial, hajt, a cry to the ox or
horse to turn to the left (RiETZ, s.v. hit).}
HAIT, see Haet.
HAITCH, sb. Ken. Sus. [etj.] A slight, passing
shower. Sus.1 2
Hence Haitchy, adj. misty. Ken. (HOLLOWAY), Sus.12
[A form and special use of ache, sb.1, used in the sense
of a sudden and intermittent attack.]
HAITH, int. Sc. Irel. Also in form heth. [he>,heb.]
An exclamation of surprise, &c., 'faith.' Cf. hegs.
Sc. Heth she's o'er gently brought up to be a poor man's penny
worth, GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 55. Sh.I. True in heth ! Sh.
News (Nov. 19, 1898); As for paecable neebors, guid heth, I link
we're no been sae ill dat wy ava, BURGESS Sketches (and ed.) ii.
n.Sc. Haith, an' if she's guid eneuch for Andrew, she's guid eneuch
for the likes o' us, GORDON Carglen (1891) 127. Cai.1 Abd.
Haith ! Cordy slunk awa", CADENHEAD Bon Accord (1853) 248 ;
Heth that's capital, ALEXANDER Johnny Gibb (1871) xxxix. Frf.
Heth, I mind she was a rael bad yin when I wis a wee lassie,
INGLIS Ain Flk. (1895) xii. Per. Haith I am doild, because 'tis
so, That she is high and I am mean, NICOL Poems (1766) 34.
Fif. Haith, I'd gang mysel' if he would dae that, ROBERTSON
Provost (1894) 23; Heth! I'm sair eneuch fashed wi' police tax
. . . withoot haeing mair rent to pey, MCLAREN Tibbie (1894) 17.
s.Sc. Haith, we'll be as merry as we can, WILSON Tales (1836) II.
214. Rnf. Till, haith ! the younker courage took, YOUNG Pictures
(1865) 10. Ayr. Haith, lad, ye little ken about it, BURNS Tuia
Dogs (1786) 1. 149. Lnk. But haith I'll cheat my joe in that,
LEMON St. Mungo (1844) 37. Lth. Haith, mony a tryst I've seen
us hae, SMITH Meriy Bridal (1866) 40. Edb. Haith, you mith do
meikle ill, CRAWFORD Poems (1798) 89. Feb. Haith, our wives
will a' be here, AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (1836) 123. Dmf. An', haith !
wi' me she's kindlie grown, CROMEK Remains (1810) 37. Gall. If
a minister thinks na muckle o' himself — haith, they will e'en
jaloose that he kens best, CROCKETT Standard Bearer ( 1898) 119.
N.I.1 ' Heth no.' ' Heth aye.' ' Heth an' soul, but you won't.'
' Heth i,' faith yes. Ant. Heth I won't (S.A.B.).
HAITSUM, HAIVER, see Hatesum, adj., Haver, v>
HAIVER, sb. Sc. Cmb. Also written hever Cmb. ;
and in forms aiver Lth. ; haivrel, haverel Sc. (JAM.) ;
haveron Gall. A he-goat, after he has been gelded.
Lnk., Lth., e.Lth. (JAM.) Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824).
Cmb. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (P.)
[ON. hafr, a buck, he-goat, OE. hcefer (Leechdoms).]
HAIVER, HAIVEREL, see Haver, v.1, Haverel.
HAIVERY, tf<#. Cor. [e'y(a)ri.] 1. Miserly, greedy
of money. Cor.12 2. Envious. Cor.2
HAIVES, sb. pi. Sc. ? Hoofs.
If ye look yoursel', ye'll see she's fair into the haives, OCHILTREE
Redburn (1895) v.
HALVING, prp. Cor.2 The same as Eving, s. v. Eve, v.
HAFVINS, HAIZER, HAIZART, see Havings,
Haiser, Hazard.
HAIZY, adj. Nhb. [he'zi.] Hasty, excitable.
She's a kind o' haizy body (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1
HAKE, sb.1 Bdf. Nrf. Ken. Cor. [ek.] Phr. (i) as dry
as a hake, very thirsty ; (2) a hake-shaped cloud, a cloud in
shape like the fish hake ; (3) who whipped the hake ? prov.
saying ; see below.
(i) Nrf. (E.M.) Ken. KENNETT Par. Antiq. (1695). (2) Bdf.
The hake-shaped cloud, if pointing east and west, indicates rain :
if north and south, more fine weather, SWAINSON Weather Flk-Lore
(1873) 204. (3) Cor. It is not improbable that the saying applied
to the people of one of the Cornish fishing- towns, of 'Who
whipped the hake ? ' may be explained by the following :— ' Lastly,
they are persecuted by the hakes, who (not long sithence) haunted
the coast in great abundance ; but now being deprived of their
wonted bait, are much diminished, verifying the proverb, " What
we lose in hake we shall have in herring,"' CAREW Survey, 34 ;
Annoyed with the hakes, the seiners may, in their ignorance, have
actually served one of those fish as indicated, HUNT Pop. Rom.
w.Eng. (1865) 370, ed. 1896.
HAKE, sb* Dur. Wm. Yks. Nhp_. War. e.An. Also in
forms heaik Dur. ; heeak Wm. [h)ek, h)iak.] I. A hook
of any kind.
Dnr. Heaicks V creaiks 're as rank ez pint pots in a public
house, EGGLESTONE Betty Podkins' Lett. (1877) 9. Wm. She meead
ersel saartan a gittan haald a Bobby Beetham, aedther be heeak
er creeak, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 19. n.Yks.2, e-An.1 Nrf. RYE
Hist. Nrf. (1885) xv.
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2. A pot-hook ; a hook built into the chimney to hang a
pot or ' boiler ' on.
Nhp.1 Not freq. War.8 An adjustable hook and rack; through
the holes of the latter the hook could be hung at a higher or lower
position over the fire, as desired. e.An.1 ; e.An.2 Now chiefly
used for a kind of gate which swings over the kitchen fire, or
another utensil which hangs down the chimney, both used for
suspending pots and boilers. Nrf. 'As black as a hake,' very
black (E.M.); COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf . (1893) 17. w.Nrf. I'd
ha put the hakes on her, if she'd ben my missus, ORTON Beeston
Ghost (1884) 4. Snf. On went the boilers till the hake Had much
ado to bear 'em, Suf. Carl. (1818) 339 ; CULLUM Hist. Hawsttd
(1813). e.Snf. A dentated iron bar, suspended in a chimney, on
which pots or kettles are hung. Another kind has, instead of
teeth, holes. A pin, projecting from another piece of iron, fits
into any of these holes. This second piece of iron has a hook at
the bottom, from which a kettle or pot is suspended over the fire.
' As black as the hake up of the chimney.' Said of anything very
black or dirty (F.H.).
3. The dentated iron head of a plough.
Nrf. GROSE (1790) ; The iron on a plough to which the ' pundle
tree' is attached, Arch. (1879) VIII. 170. e.Nrf. MARSHALL Rur.
Econ. (1787). Suf. MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863); RAINBIRD Agric.
(1819) 294, ed. 1849; Suf.'.e.Suf. (.F.H.)
[1. Norw. dial, hake, a hook (AASEN) ; so ON. haki
(VIGFUSSON).]
HAKE, sb.a Cum. Wm. Lan. Also in forms aik Wm.1 ;
hack Wm. ; haike Wm. & Cum.1 [h)ek.] 1. A merry
meeting ; a rustic dance or gathering.
Lakel.2 Com. We agreed amang oorsels to stop an' see t'end
o' t'hake, RICHARDSON Talk (1876) 5 ; The arrival of the young
hopeful was, in former times, duly celebrated by a series of
' hakes,' of a highly amusing and jovial character, Lnnsdale Mag.
(July 1866) 23; Cnm.18 Wm. A'll tell yu some o' t'haeks an'
stirs, WILSON Kitty Kirkie, 102 ; It hap'n'd ta be ther Auld-wife-
Hayke. BLEZARD Sngs. (1848) 17; Wm.1 Village dances in the
Lake District were formerly often called Auld-wife aiks, being
frequently got up by some elderly female in order to raise a small
fund, &c.
2. A stir, turmoil, tumult.
Wm. & Cum.1 Wi' nowther haike nor quarrel, 207. n.Lan. They
. . . feight an' fratch, an' meakk cruel hakes, PIKETAH Forness Flk.
(1870) 23.
HAKE, sb* Cum.12* [hek.] A lean horse or cow.
HAKE, s6.8 Cor. Also in form ache. A large comfort-
less room or place. Cf. ache, sb.2
A great hake of a house, THOMAS Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ;
How can you sit in such a great ache of a room ? (M.A.C.)
HAKE, v. and sb.e Sc. and n. counties to Lin. Nhp.
Also Hrf. e.An. Also in forms ache m.Yks.1 Hrf. ; aik
e.Yks. ; ake e.Yks.1 ; haak n.Lin.1 ; haig Ayr. (JAM.) ;
haik Sc. GAM.) Sh.I. Bnff.1 Abd. Cum. w.Yks.; heeak
n.Yks.24 [h)ek, iak.] 1. v. To wander about aimlessly
and idly ; to loiter, lounge ; to hang about with intent to
eavesdrop ; to sneak. Also with about.
Sc. Haikin throw the country QAM.). Bnff.1 To roam in an
unsettled manner over the pasture ; as, ' That coo winna sattle :
she haiks on.' N.Cy.1 2, Nhb.1 Wm. Maunders abaut fra hause to
hause, baking and slinging, HUTTON Bran New Wark (1785) 1. 461 ;
Ise net gaan ta hev ya gaan gadden off tat fairs an haken aboot it
rowads et neets an sec like, TAYLOR Sketches (1882) 17. n.Yks.1
To hang about pryingly, to sneak, or aim at getting at information,
&c., in an underhand way ; n.Yks.4 e.Yks. He was akin aboot
all day lang ; an all fo nowt, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 50 ; Thoo's
allus ganning aiking about (R.M.) ; e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 He
leeads a filthy peyl . . . wi' his prancin an hakin about, ii. 305. Lan.
HARLAND & WILKINSON Fit-Lore (1867) 216. ne.Lan.1 n.Lin.
SUTTON Wdx. 1881 . sw.Lin.1 She'd as well been at school as
haking about I don't like my bairns baking about.
Hence (i) Haikan, vbl. sb. continued wandering about
in an idle manner ; (2) Haiker. sb. an animal that has
a habit of wandering over the pasture or of straying from
it ; (3) Haiking or Haking, (a) ppl. adj. wandering,
loitering; idle, lounging; worthless; (b) see (i); (4)
Haiking about, phr. having the habit of wandering in
an idle manner or of roaming over pasture.
(i, 2) Bnff. ' (3, a) ».Sc. Can Lizzy hae gane oot wi' that haikin'
callant, Jamie Ribt WILSON Tales (1836) IV. 356. w.Yki. 'A
haking fellow,' an idle loiterer, THORESBY Lilt. (.1703) ; HUTTON
Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.4 Lin. THOMPSON Hist. Boston
(1856)708. n.Lin.' (A) Sc. He gaed awa gey wearied wi' haikin,
EDWARDS Mod. Poets, ?th S. 53. (4) Bnff.1 He'll niverget on ; he's
sic a haikin'-aboot hypal.
2. To hanker or gape after. n.Cy. BAILEY (1721).
3. To drag or carry from one place to another with
little purpose ; to tramp, trudge ; esp. with about or up
and down.
ShJ. Shu wid hae wiz gaun haikin' as muckle hay i' da bul o' a
maishie as ye wid fling in a kishie for a hen ta lae in, Sh. News
(Sept. 3, 1898). Abd. Haikin' thro' the feedles the tae time, an'
in'o the byres the neist, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 151. s.Sc.
' To haik up and down, to haik about,' to drag from one place to
another to little purpose, conveying the idea of fatigue caused to
the person who is thus carried about, or produced by the thing
that one carries. ' What needs ye haik her up and down throw
the haill town \ ' ' What needs you weary yoursell, haiking about
that heavy big-coat whare'er ye gang? ' (JAM.) Lakel.2 Ah's fair
doon sto'ed wi' haken aboot efter yon ducks an' things. Ye wad
hake yan aboot wi' ye as lang as ivver yan could trail. e.Yks.1
To do anything unnecessarily or with more labour than is requisite.
e.An.1 Often joined with 'hatter.' 'He has been haking and
haltering all day long.' Nrf. I am that tired, I don't know what
to do with myself. I've been haking about all day (W.R.E.).
4. To tease, worry, importune ; to pester or worry with
questions, £c. ; to persecute, hurry on.
Wm. Such as he would hake the life out of a toad (B.K.).
n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 They hake my very heart out ; n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1
Hake 'em away [urge them on almost faster than they can go].
nuYkB.1 c.Hrf. Ther bent no boy or girl either as aches I, but'l
be the worse for't, Why John (Coll. L.L.B.)
5. To tire, distress, applied to land.
Cum.1 It indicates exhaustion from over-cropping ; Cum.2 ;
Cnm.4 T'field hes been fairly haket ta deeth ; what can it grow ?
6. To beat, batter, drive or knock out of one's way ; to
butt with the horns or head.
Sc. He swore he wad lay my back laigh on the plain, But I
h.aikit him weel, BALLANTINE Whistle Binkie (1878) II. 3 ;JAM.
Suppl.) Cum.12 ; Cnm.* T'cows used to hake yan anudder till
t'beals were summat awful to hear.
7. To kidnap, carry off by force.
Sc. They'll haik yc up and settle ye bye, SCOTT Minstrelsy (1802)
III. 127, ed. 1848. Edb. Still used in the same sense by the boys
of the High School of Edinburgh (JAM.).
8. sb. An idle, lounging fellow ; an animal that wanders
in an unsettled manner over the pasture, or strays from
it. Gen. in pi. form.
Bnff.1, Abd. (G. W.\ Cld. (JAM.), w.Yks.1 Lin. Always associated
with the idea of idleness, STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 334.
».Lin. What a gre't hulkin'haakes the feller is i^T.H.R. ). sw.Lin.1
Nhp.1 The use of this word is confined to the >». part of the county.
Hence Hakesing, ppl. adj. tramping idly about. sw.Lin.1
9. A greedy, grasping person ; a miser ; a pertinacious
asker or beggar.
Wm. (B.K.) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 ' A mischievous heeak/ an
annoyer. 'A greedy hake,' a grasper ; n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1
10. A forward, tattling woman.
Abd. (JAM.) Ayr. A female, whose chief delight is to fly from
place to place, telling tales concerning her neighbours (iB.).
[2. Du. haken, to long for (HEXHAM). 3. He haikit to
that hall. For to wit gif Wymondis wynnyng was thair,
RaufCoil)ear (c. 1475) 642, in Sc. Allit. Poems (1897) 103.]
HAKE, int. n.Cy. Cum. Written haike n.Cy. (HALL.)
[hek.] An expression of defiance.
n.Cy. (HALL.) Cum.2 Hake for a fight ! Cum.4
HAKE, see Hack, sb.', Hawk, v.1
HAKED, sb. Obs. Hnt. Cmb. w.Cy. A large pike,
Esox Indus
Hnt. Pikes of a great bigness taken in Ramsey Mere, BLOUNT
(i68i\ Cmb.(HALL.) w.Cy. SKINNER (1671). [SATCHELL(i879)4]
[OE. hacod, a pike (./ELFRIC) ; cp. G. hecht.}
HAKEL, HAKUSSING, see Hickwall, Hackasing.
HAL, sb. and v. Yks. Lan. Also in form al Lan. [al.]
1. sb. A fool, a jester; a silly person.
m.Yka.1 w.Yks. Sum drucken owd hals at hed been on t'spree
Com singin like mad up t'street, PRESTON Poems (1864) 31 ;
Standin at house ends makin hals o' thersenns, Saunteret's
Satchel (1877) 23 ; w.Yks.3 He's acting the hal agean ; w.Yks.5
HAL
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HALE
Gurt idle hal ! Lan. Mak a hal o' somebory else ; for yo sha'not
make one o' him no moor, WAUGH Besom Ben, 192 ; Troyin to
may a hal on im, SCHOLES Tim Gamwattle (1857) 4.
2. v. To banter ; to worry or bother.
w.Yks. (S.W.) Lan. Let's ha noane o' thy allin', BRIERLEY
Adventures (1881) 39. e.Lan. She keeps allin her to go (H.M.).
sw.Lan. What's thaa allin abaat ? («6.)
[1. The same word as Hal, the familiar form for Henry
(Harry).}
HAL, HALA, see Hale, sb.2, Hallow, sb.1
HALA, adv. Lan. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Pretty well. THORNBER Hist. Blackpool (1837) 108.
HALAH, see Heloe.
HAL-AN-TOW, sb. Cor. Also written ha-lan-tow.
A pleasure party on May 8.
The Hal-an-toware privileged to levy contributions on strangers
coming into the town, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1886) IV. 231 ; The Hal-an-
tow, or party of servants and their friends, go on 8th of May
(Flora-day or Faddy) to breakfast in the country and return laden
with boughs J.W.^ ; With ha-lan-tow, rumble, O! Helstone
Furry-Day Sng. in DIXON Sngs. Eng. Peas. (1846) 168, ed. 1857.
HALBERDIER, sb. Sc. A person armed with a
halberd, esp. a member of a civic guard carrying a halberd
as a badge of office ; a Town's Sergeant.
Escorted by Donald, our stout halberdier, In solemn procession,
owerbye to the kirk, VEDDER Poems (1842) 302.
HALBERT, sb. Sh.I. A tall, thin person. S. & Ork.1
HALCH, see Halsh.
HALCUP, sb. Hmp. The marsh-marigold or kingcup,
Caltha palustris ; gen. in pi. (J.R.W.), Hmp.1
HALD, see HOLD, v.
HALE, sb.1 Yks. Not. Lin. Suf. Ess. s.Cy. Dev. Cor.
Also written hail w.Yks.2; haile e.Yks. Lir^.1 sw.Lin.1;
and in forms hal nw.Dev.1 ; hall Suf. Dev. [el, eal.]
1. One of the two handles of a plough or wheelbarrow ;
gen. in pi.
n.Yks.1 Usually in the form Plough-hales ; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1
e.Yks. The things . . . ommast throppled thersens ower hales ov a
hickin-barra, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 34 ; e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1,
w.Yks.2, Not.2, s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes
(1884) 335 ; Lin.1 The hailes flew up and caught me on the gob.
n.Lin.1 To be sold by auction. . .30 plough hales, Stamford Merc.
(Sept. 20, 1867). s.Lin. Lay ho'd o' th' plough haals and let's see
what soort o' a furrer yah can cut (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1 Dev. The
sole-piece or chip, showing the splay of the two halls or handles,
together with the share and cradle-pins, MOORE Hist. Dev. 11829^
I. 296; Horae Subsecivae (1777) 199. nw.Dev.1 The left-hand or
stouter handle of a timbern zole. Cor. The part of a wooden
plough, to which the handles, beam and foot are attached, THOMAS
Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.
2. An instrument for hanging a pot over a fire ; a
' trammel.'
Suf. RAY (1691) ; (K.) Ess. BAILEY (1721) ; Gl. (1851) ; Ess.1
s.Cy. GROSE (1790).
3. A rake used for raking loose stones or pebbles from
a brook.
Dev. Like a dung rake, with several strong teeth, Horae Sub-
secivae (1777) 199; GROSE (1790) MS. add. (M.)
[1. Le manche d'ttne charrue, a plough-tail, or handle ;
the plough-hale, COTGR. Norw. dial, and Dan. hale, the
tail ; ON. halt, the tail of cattle (VIGFUSSON).]
_HALE, sb.2 Lan. Lin. Mid. Also in form hal Lan.
[el.] 1. A piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a
river ; a sand-bank. See Haugh. Cf. eale.
Lan. N. & Q. (1870) 4th S. v. 570. n.Lin.' An angular pasture
in the township of East Butterwick, adjoining Bottesford Beck on
the North, is called Butterwick Hale. It has been used from an
early period as a rest for the high-land water in flood time, until
it could flow into the Trent.
2. A triangular corner of land, a ' gair ' ; a bank or strip
of grass, separating lands in an open field.
Lin. STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 335. nXin.1 Mid.
There is a piece of low land in Tottenham between the High Cross
and the railway station called Tottenham Hale, or more commonly
the Hale, AT. & Q. (1868) 4th S. ii. 405.
HALE, sb.3 e.An. [el.] A heap of anything, a man-
gold clamp ; a long range or pile of bricks set out to dry
in the open air before being burned.
VOL. III.
e.An.1 Nrf. A mangold hale (E.M.) ; Potatoes, roots, &c. buried
in heaps are said to be in hales (U.W.).
HALE, v.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lin. Dor. Also written
hail Sc. Nhb.1 sw.Lin.1 [h)el, h)eal.] 1. To pour or
empty out, as water from a vessel by inclining it to one
side ; to bale. Cf. heel, v.2
n.Yks. Thah neeam is as ointment haled out, ROBINSON Sng.
Sol. (1860) i. 3; n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 Hale me out another cup;
n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Lin. Hale out the water, THOMPSON
Hist. Boston (1856) 708 ; Lin.1 Dor. Gl. (1851).
2. To flow, run down in a large stream ; to pour.
Sc. Drops of blude frae Rose the Red Came hailing to the groun',
CHILD Ballads (1886) 11.418; 'It's hailinon' or 'down' is commonly
used with respect to a heavy rain (JAM.). Abd. They are posting
on whate'er they may Baith het and meeth, till they are haling
down, Ross Helenore (1768} 79, ed. 1812. Lnk. Facht when they
were kiss'd or huggit, Till the sweat cam' hailin' doon, NICHOLSON
Kilwuddie (ed. 1895) a6- Nhb.1 Aa rout [wrought] till the sweet
hailed off us. Cum.2 Lin. The sweat hales of'n me o' nights,
STREATFEILD Lin. and Danes (1884) 335. sw.Lin.1 The sweat
hailed offen him.
[1. Norw. dial, halla, to incline or tilt a vessel (AASEN) ;
so Icel. (ZOEGA) ; ON. Italia, to lean or turn sideways.
2. The teris began fast to hale owre hir chekis, BELLENDEN
Livy (1533), ed. 1822, 101.]
HALE, v.2 and s6." Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Won Shr-
Hrt. e.An. Hmp. w.Cy. Wil. Som. Cor. Also written hail
S. & Ork.1 Cum.3 e.Yks. ; haill Abd. ; hayl Lan. ; and in
form ally Won [h)el, h)eal.] 1. v. To haul ; to draw
forcibly, pull ; to drag along ; to load.
Sh.I. Hails wi' an easy tow, an' comes ashore wi' forty wys o'
white fish, STEWART Tales (1892) 14. Abd. There blind zeall to
the Couenant did so haill them on to their own destruction,
TURKEFF Antiq. Gleanings (1859) 57. Per. That stead Where yee
did hail your shaft unto the head, FORD Harp (1893) 3. Gall. As
the Dominie and I were haled away, CROCKETT Grey Man (1896)
305. n.Cy. (J.L.) (1783). Nhb.1 Cum.1 ; Cum.3 I hail't Jonathan
out fray amangthem. e.Yks. Soe need they not to trouble them-
selves with hailinge on soe much att once, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641)
50. Shr.2 Confined to the river side and chiefly to men or horses
drawing small or large craft on the Severn against the stream.
Hmp. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (M.) Wil. (K.M.G.) Som. Plough-
men have been haleing bells, HERVEY Wedmore Chron, (1887)
I. 79. w.Cor. ' I can neither hale them nor have [heave] them.'
Said by an old woman with rheumatism in her feet (M.A.C.).
Hence (i) Haler or Hayler, sb. one who works or does
anything energetically and effectively ; (2) Hale-to, sb. the
movement of a rake in raking up grain, &c. ; (3) Haling-
muff, sb. a mitten used by fishermen to protect their
hands when hauling the lines into the boat ; (4) -way, sb.
a towing-path ; cf. hauling-path, s.v. Haul, v.1 ; (5) Halster,
sb. one who tows a barge alongside a river by means of
a rope.
(i) Cum.12 Lan. He is a hayler at it, R. PIKETAH Forness Flk.
(1870) 38. (2) Hrt. A man with one motion or hale-to on each
side of him will rake up a parcel of grain in a trice, ELLIS Mod.
Hush. (1750) V. ii. (3)8. & Ork.1 (4) Cmb. N. & Q. (1860) 2nd
S. ix. 51. (5) w.Cy. (HALL.)
2. To carry on the trade of a carrier, to cart, carry.
Wor. E've got a 'oss an' cart ... an' does allyin', Vig. Man. in
Berrow's Jrn. (Mar. 9, 1895) 4, col. 3 ; It's him as bin allying on
this road (H.K.). Wil. (K.M.G.)
3. To breathe heavily, pant ; to inhale ; also in phr. to
hale for breath.
Suf. e.An. Dy. Times (1892) ; (C.T.) e.Snf. (F.H.)
4. sb. A haul of fish.
Sh.I. I can mind wis takin' forty o' him [turbot], grit an' sma',
apo' ae hail i' da deep water, Sh. News (July 10, 1897) ; Efter we
set aff fir a mornin' hail, I lays me doon i' da fore-head i' da bight
o' da sail, STEWART Tales (1892) 243.
[1. Halyn or drawyn, traho, Prompt. ; What that on
may hale, that other let, CHAUCER Parl. Foules, 151. OFn
haler, ' tirer ' (LA CURNE).]
HALE, adj. and sb.s Sc. Nhb. Dun Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Also ?Ken. ? Dor. ?Som. Also written hail Sc.
Bnff.1 Nhb.1 Dor. ; haill Sc. ; hayl Wm. ; and in forms
haal w.Yks.1; hael Sh.I. Nhb.1; heaal Cum.; heal Sc.
w.Yks.1 ; heale Cum. Wm. ; heall Cum.1 ; heeal(l Wm.
HALE
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HALE
n.Yks."* ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 ; heyel Nhb.1; hiyal Wm. ;
hyal Dur.1 n.Lan. ; hyel(l N.Cy.1 Nhb.1; yal n.Yks."
ne.Yks.1 [h)el, h)eal, hil, hial.] 1. adj. Free from injury ;
safe, sound, unhurt.
Sc. It's good sleeping in a haill skin, SCOTT Bride of Lant. (1819)
vi. Sh.I. Get me ... my sea-breeks, An' see dey're hale afore,
STEWART Tales ( 1893") 93. Bch. Paris . . . gart me wish I were awa'
While I had a hale skin, FORBES Ulysses (1785) ai. Kcd. Panta-
loons and guid black breeks, If they be hale and hae the sleeks,
JAMIE Muse (1844) 45. Frf. His hyde, they said, was heal an'
sound, Piper of Peebles (1794) 16. Rnf. Ye [a pair of shoes] did
right weel whan ye war hale, PICKEN Poems (1813) I. 33. Ayr.
Lord, remember singing Sannock, Wi' hale-breeks, saxpence, an'
a bannock, BURNS Lett, to J. Tennant, 1. 47. Dmf. Routh o'
potatoes— champit an' hale I' their ragged jackets, THOM Jock o'
Knowe (1878) 39. Feb. With bonnet black, too. old, but hale,
Lintoun Green (1685) 37, ed. 1817. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L. L.B.)
Hence (i) Hale-headit, adj. unhurt ; whole and entire;
(2) -hearted, adj. of unbroken spirit; (3) -hide, see (i);
(4) -scart, adj. without a scratch, unhurt, wholly safe ;
also usedyfc. ; (5) -skinnt, adj. having a whole skin with-
out sores or disease.
(i) Sc.. Abd. (JAM.) (a) Edb. Bronze-browed, ruddy-cheeked,
and hale-hearted as I am, BALLANTINE Gaberlunzie (ed. 1875) 12.
(3) Bch. But he gaed affhale-hide frae you For a' your windy voust,
FORBES Ajax (1785) 38. (4) Sc. Symon and Janet his dame,
Halescart frae the wars without skaithing, CHAMBERS Sngs. (1829)
II. 347. Ayr. Lord, let us a' aff haill-scart at the last if aiblins
it be within t'e compass o' Thy power! SERVICE Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 21. Rxb. In spite o' dool, haith here we're hale-scart
yet, A. Scorr Poems (ed. 1808) 159. (5) Buff.1 We canna be our
thankfou' it w'ir hail-skinnt, fin we see yon peer thing a' our wee
cruels.
2. Healthy, sound, vigorous ; health-giving, wholesome.
Sc. Broken bread makes hail bairns, RAMSAY Prov. (1737). Sh.I.
An' you an' I be hael an' weel, STEWART Tales ,1892) 244. Elg.
Donald's still in Donald's trews, Hale, weel, an' livin', TESTER
Poems (1865) 97. Abd. Hale be your heart, my canty Cock, COCK
Strains (1810) I. 125. Kcd. The Piper is dune out, Although he
be baith hale and stout, JAMIE Muse ( 1844) 104. Frf. Young guid-
men, fond, stark an' hale, MORISON Poems (1790) 16. Per. As hale
and hearty as a three-year-auld bairn, Sandy Scoll (1897) 21.
Fif.Menferdy-limb'd and swank and hale, TENNANT Papistry ( 1827)
93. Dmb. His thrifty wife, tho' heal and leal, Whiles canna bake
for want o' meal, TAYLOR Poems 1,1827) 70. Rnf. Ane may be
hale, an' weel in health the day, PICKEN Poems (1813 • I. 21. Ayr.
We maun hae a little more of your balsamic advice, to make a'
heal among us, GALT Provost (1822) xlvi. Lnk. Three hale and
healthy bairnies, WARDROP J. Mathison ,1881) 97. Lth. I ferlie
gin in palace, or in lordly ha', Their hearts are a' as hale, as in
our cot sae sma", BALLANTINE Poems (1856) 148. Edb. Whole-
some, hale, historic food, FORBES Poems (1812) 6. Dmf. Take ye
a lassie tight and heal, SHENNAN Tales (1831) 61. Nhb. For we
are hale an' hearty baith, Coqueldale Sngs. (1852) 59. Ken.2 Hale
weather. Dor. BARNES Gl. 1^1863). Som. I did nev'r see her look
more hale an' dapper than her do just now, LEITH Lemon Verbena
(1895) 6.
3. Phr. (i) hale an' a-hatne, quite at home, in one s ele-
ment; in good spirits; (2) — and fere, in perfect health,
strong, healthy; (3) to be hale d tnair, to recover, to get
over (an illness, &c.).
(:) Lnk. He's [Cupid] hale an' a-hamc amang touslin' an' kissin',
WATSON Poems (1853) 50. (2) Per. Spunky, hale, an' fere, Gleg
—he kens his bis'ness, STEWART Character (1857) 67. Slg. It was
sturdy, hale, an" fier, Wi' sock an' couter bright an' clear, MUIR
Poems (1818) 8. Ayr. As lang's we're hale and fier, BURNS Ep.
to Davit (1784) St. a. Edb. Thinking to ... look baith hail an' fier,
Till at the tang-run Death dirks in, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 199,
ed. 1785. Gall. I hae tooted it owre in nogginfus now for mair
than a hunner year, and am tae fore yet hale and fear, M ACTAGGART
Eniycl. (1834) 4, ed. 1876. (3) Sh.I. If puir Girzzie is gotten her
cndin' strake ta day, he's a job 'at A'll no be hale o' mair, ta da
grave, Sh. News (Aug. 28, 1897).
4. Whole, entire, complete. Also used advb.
Sc. However the haill hive was ower mony for me at last,
SCOTT Nigel (iSaa) iii. Sh.I. We wid a hed da hael trave o' da
bairns ower, bit da skdlc lay i' da hill, BURGESS Sketches (2nd ed. )
in. Cal.1 Bnff. The bare and simple name of MacGregor made
that liail clan to presume on their power, GORDON Chron. Keitli(i88o
36. Abd. I cured the hale complainin' gang For nought ava,
CADENHEAD Bon Accord (.853) i59- Frf. The h«l I night thro
SANDS Poems (1833) 44- Per. For twa hale hours he preached
CLEIAND Inchbracken (1883) 11, ed. 1887. Fif. Great baps and
scones were swallow'd hail, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 53
Afore the hail assembl'd rout, Wi' scornfu' hiss deride ye, PICKEN
Afore the
Poems (1813)
kintra-side,
crszv DQfl YI v»*v.»» *,»-••»••••*) --.- ----- , • , • t_
NICHOLSON Idylls (1870) 76. Lth. Through a' the hale parish
BALLANTINE Poems (1856) 2. Edb. The hale house thought she had
followed my faither, BALLANTINE Gaberlunzie (ed. 1875) 231- «»•
Tho' ye seek the hale creation, AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (1836) 84.
Gall. Able in a het contention For to outwit a hale convention,
ely
(1843) 33 ' Nhb.1, Dur.1 Cum. T'wad shem the heale parish, RAY-
SON Misc. 'Poems (1858) 56; Aa cud trot am about for a heall day,
DICKINSON Joe and Geol. (1866) 6. Wm. Meh hayl fraym iz
affected, BLEZARD Sngs. (1848) ; The Armstrongs an Hardens, an
aw' the heale gang, WHITEHEAD Leg. (1859) 7 ; Thoos geean an
spilt a heeal meeal a new milk, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 6. n.Yks.<"»,
ne-Yks.1 e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788). w.Yks.1 Ihank
God for 'em, wi' or haal heart, ii. 312. n.Lan. There was a hyal
famaly on urn, Lonsdale Mag. (Jan. 1867) 270.
Hence (i) Haellens, adv. certainly, completely; (2)
Hailly or Halelie, adv. wholly, utterly ; (3) Haleumlie or
Helimly, adv., see (i) ; (4) Yalseeal, adj. wholesale,
plentiful.
ship hailly, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 12. Slg. A fear to devour
them halelie at the last, BRUCE Sermons (1631) iv, ed. 1843.
w.Yks.1 Gie therscls haally to'th' sarvice, ii. 323. (3) Abd. For fan
I saw you, I thought haleumlie That ye wad never speak again to
me, Ross Helcnorc (1768 13, ed. 1812 ; O yon dreadfu' crack I
haleumlie thought wad ha been our wrack, ib. 81. (4) n.Yks. They
gat them by yalseeal I.W.).
5. Comb, (i) Hael-an-hadden, entire, complete; (2)
Hale-head, in phr. to go hale-head errand, to go on express
or sole purpose; (3) -lot, a considerable number, a 'whole
lot ' ; (4) -oot drinks, a toast ; see below ; (5) -ruck, the
sum total of a person's property ; (6) -water, a heavy fall
of rain ; (71 -wheel, in wholesale fashion, in quick succes-
sion ; (8) -wort, the whole number or amount.
(i) Sh.I. In aess o hael-an-hadden worls, BURGESS Rasmie (1892}
62. 2) Cai.' 3) e.Yks. 'The' was aheeal-lot o' fooaks there. (4)
Sc. Here Allan studied and practised Hy-Jinks, and once at least
fell a victim to the game of ' haill oot drinks,' HALIBURTON Puir
Auld Scot. (1887) 59. Per. 'Hail oot drinks! come what will
empty your glasses.' The chairman at a dinner-party gave out
this toast, and on this account became intoxicated, and fell a victim
to the game of 'hail oot drinks' (G.W.). (5) Rxb. (JAM.) (6)
Sc. The rain, which fell almost in hale water, as we say, has washed
away half the school-master's kail-yard, Glenfergus 1,1820) I. 203
(JAM. . N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 In a thunder shower the rain is said to be
comin' doon hail (or hyel) waiter. Cum. Just heaal waiter cumman
slap doon ontah yan eh gegginfuls, SARGISSON Joe Scoap (1881)
200 ; Cum.1 Wm. ' Is'l rainen when ye com in ? ' ' Aye, is'l, ebben
doon hiyal waller, as yan says' (15. K.). (7) Abd. He had been
sen'in' them to Lunnon b" the dizzen ilka ither ouk, hale-wheel,
this file, ALEXANDER Ain Fit. (1882) rai. (8) Slk. I wish ye be
nae the deil's bairns, the halewort o' ye ! HOGG Talcs (1838) 51, ed.
1866 ; If he made weel through wi' his hides mayhap he wad pay
the hale wort, ib. Perils of Man (1822) III. 283 (JAM.\
6. sb. Health, comfort, welfare. Cf. heal, sb.1
Abd. Health and hale, COCK Strains (i8ioN, I. 81. Ayr. My hale
and weal I'll tak a care o't, BURNS To Mitchell (1795) st. 5.
7. The whole, the whole amount or number ; the sum-total.
Sc. I adhere to all and haill upon all perils whatsomever, THOM-
SON Cloud of Witnesses (1714 391, ed. 1871. Ayr. Half o' the hale
dung aff their feet, Then is a victory complete, BOSWELL Poet.
Wks. (1816) 166, ed. 1871. Lth. The hale o' his pack he has now
on his back, MACNEILL Poet. Wks. (1801) 317, ed. 1856. Wgt. The
ban' cheers the haill o' the streets roun' an1 roun', FRASER Poems
(1885) 51. Cnm. I'll try to be happy the hale o' the day, GILPIN
Ballads (1874) 173. ne.Yks.1 Ah've deean t'heeal on't.
8. Phr. in hale, altogether, the whole sum.
Edb. Gied ye in a shoeing bill, 'Twas twenty shillings sax in hale.
HALE
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HALF
LIDDI.E Poems (1821) no. Feb. My tocher's fifty pound in hale,
AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (1836) 81.
9. Whole coal, as distinguished from coal that has been
partly worked.
Nhb. Though still they're i' the hyell a' hewin', WILSON Pitman's
Pay (1843) 59; Nhb.i
[1. pou sal ba|> sounde & hale come of J>is ship to lande,
Cursor M. (c. 1300) 24888. OE. Hal, safe (Matt. x. 22).]
HALE, see Hal, Hall, sb.12, Heal, v.2, Hell, sb.
HALEHEEAM, sb. e.Yks.1 [e'liam.] An heirloom.
Awd creddle's [cradle's] beena haleheeami family fo'ginerations.
HALER, see Heloe.
HALESOME, adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also in forms
haalsome w.Yks.1 ; halsome Sc. ; healesome Cum. ; heal-
some m.Yks.1 ; heealsome n.Yks.2 ; helsum Nhb.1 [h)e'l-,
h)ials3m.] Wholesome, healthful, sound.
Sc. Naebody shall persuade me, that it's either halesome or pru-
dent, SCOTT Rob Roy (1817) xviii. Abd. They now rejoicin' taste
its halesome bree, STILL Cottar's Sunday (1845) 22 ; Keep her. . .
as white and clean in thy een, as she is fair and halesome in oors,
MACDONALD D. Elginbrod (1863) I. 6. Frf. Clean halesome ale,
tho' sma', MORISON Poems (1790) 46. Per. Get a howp in ilka
cheek O' halesome livin', HALIBURTON Horace { 1886) 29. Fif. Share
our halesome country cheer, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 102. Dmb.
Thou finds upon the grass Sweet halesome dew, TAYLOR Poems
(1827; 84. Rnf. Yer lot the Bard envies, Sae halsome near the
water, PICKEN Poems (1813) II. n. Ayr. Whether it was the
halsome dreid thereof, or whether it was that I was but wee,
SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 30. Lnk. A halesome heart and
guileless mind, HUNTER Poems (1884) 22. Edb. A' the thrang in
a sang Should join wi' halesome heart, McDowALL Poems (1839)
226. Dmf. Help that was halesome slid frae a' han' The ee o' the
gleggestneversaw,THOM./oc/&o' Knowe ( 1878" 45. Gall. Halesome
breezes from the thorn Refresh the swain, LAUDERDALE Poems
(1796; 53. Wgt. Fed on the halesome Scottish fare, FRASER Poems
(1885) 231. Nhb.1 Aa leev'd there oney a few weeks, 'cas aa fund
it not helsum. Cum. An' when the healesome supper's duin' The
toilin' day his task lies duin, GILPIN Ballads (1874) 152. n.Yks.2,
e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1
HALESTONE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. (HALL.) Wm. (K.) A
flint or firestone.
HALEWARE, sb. Sc. Also written hailwair QAM.) ;
hailwur, halewar. [he'lwer.] The whole, the whole
number or company ; the whole assortment of things.
Bch. He ... Gar'd the hale-ware o' us trow That he was gane
clean wud, FORBES Ajax (1785 5. s.Sc. They'd . . . burn the verra
earth about their lugs, An' end the haleware and themselves at
ance, T. SCOTT Poems < ,1793) 367. Gall. The verra last shot that
was fired . . . carried awa' the halewar o' their steerin' gear,
CROCKETT Raiders (1894) x ; The haleware o't seemed to be gran
plowable Ian', MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 307, ed. 1876. Kcb. Aft
ye kink an' skirl like mad, And laird it owerthe hailwur, ARMSTRONG
Ingleside (1890) 143.
HALEWOOD PLUM, phr. Chs.1 A red plum.
Formerly much cultivated in nw.Chs. and greatly esteemed for
preserving. It is becoming more scarce, but may still be bought
in Warrington market ; and there are several trees of it in the
neighbourhood of Norton and Frodsham.
HALF, sb., adj., adv. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. Also in forms aw Hrt. ; awf e.Yks.1 ;
haaf Suf. Cor.2; haat Nhp.1; haef Cum. sw.Lin.1; haf
Sc. Cum.14; hafe Cum.3 Lan. s.Chs.1 Not.3 Brks.1 ; haff
Sc. ; hauf Sc. Bnff.1 Nhb. Lakel.2 Cum. e.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 3
ne.Lan.1 s.Stf. ; hauv nw.Der.1 ; hauve Lan. ; hawf Nhb.
Cum. n.Yks.2 e.Yks. w.Yks. ; hawve Lan. e.Lan.1; hayf
Fit.; hef N.I.1; hoaf Cum.3 w.Yks.; hofe Cum.14 Wm.
Yks. Lan. ; hove Lan. ; oaf n.Yks.1 [h)af, h)9f, h)o3f.]
1. sb. In phr. (i) by halfs, half, partially; (2) by the
half, by half, considerably ; (3) the half of, half of.
(i) Bnff. I see by hafs ye're only wise ; Gang to the ant, an'
lear some mair, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 32. (2) w.Yks. Ha felt
mesen bigger be t'hoaf, A Six Days' Aght, 5. Lan. But more by
the hauve nor these, aw like, HARLAND Lyrics (1866) 88. (3) Yks.
More than t'hauf on't is nought but idle talk, TAYLOR Miss Miles
(1890) xviii. w.Yks.1 Whether thou's ivver doon taa hauf o' what
our parson hes tell'd the ... to do ? ii. 352. Lan. We'n nobbut
cleared t'one hafe o' one mough, KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH Scarsdale
(i86o)II. 212; But aw couldn't tell th' hawve 'at aw feel, HARLAND
Lyrics (1866) 307 ; Nivver med th' hove o' th' noise, DONALDSON
Lamin to Sing (1886).
2. A portion, division, piece.
w.Ir. Dish iv delf . . . bruk in three halves, LOVER Leg. (1848)
I. 202.
3. pi. Equal shares, an exclamation used by children
to claim half of anything found by another ; also used
advb. in equal shares.
w.Yks.1 In order, however, to deprive the other of his supposed
right the finder will cry out : ' Ricket, racket, finnd it, tackit, And
niwer give it to the aunder [owner].' sw.Lin.1 We went haeves
at it. Oxf. (G.O.), Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. Phr. to halves, of animals : to be put out to fold on
terms of partnership ; see below. Cf. halver, sb. 2. See
Crease, sb?
Dev. Ewes to Halves. — W. Lewis, Templeton, is prepared to
put out any number of ewes on the most favourable terms yet
heard of, Tiverton Gazette (Aug. n, 1896^. The system is for the
owner, as above, to provide the ewes for another man to keep until
a certain date, to be agreed on when the ewes return to their owner,
and the ' crease ' is divided as may be agreed, Reports Provinc. (1897).
5. pi. The allotments on Corfe Common. Dor. (C.W.)
6. adj. In comb, (i) Half-acre or Habaker, a small
field or allotment; also used _/?§-., see below; (2) -amon,
the game of hop, skip, and a jump ; (3) -a-nicker, (4) -a-
thick-'un, half a sovereign ; (5) -a-tram, one of two men
that manage a tram in a mine ; (6) -bushel, a measure
of beer : four gallons ; (7) -clinks, in phr. to go half-clinks,
to go shares ; (8) -cousin, first cousin once removed ;
(9) -crease, half the increase in value of stock ; to put out
bees to feed ; see Crease, sb? ; (10) -dole (-dooal), entitled
to a part only of the profits of any concern; (n) -draw,
in digging : half the depth of the tool used ; (12) -fallow,
light ploughing, not of the usual depth; to plough lightly;
(13) -fool, stupid, ignorant, half-witted ; (14) -fou, half a
bushel ; (15) -gable, a gable common to two houses ; used
fig. in phr. to big half-gable with some one ; (16) -gam,
assisting to accomplish anything; (17) -groape, a state of
half-feeling, half-seeing ; (18) -hack or -heck, the lower
half of a door divided into two parts ; (19) -hammer, see
(2) ; (20) -hatch nail, a particular kind of nail ; (21) -horn,
(a) obs., a horn slit lengthways and nailed to the end of
a staff; see below; (b) a half-pint of ale or beer;
(22) -knack, partial, half-and-half; half-trained; (23)
•lade, a large straw basket or ' cassie ' ; (24) -laugh,
any action done by halves, or half-heartedly ; (25)
•loaf, in phr. to leap, or loup, at the half-loaf, a custom
among reapers ; see below \ng. to snatch at small boons ;
to be content with a dependent or humble position ; (26)
•manor, having land in partnership between two ; (27)
•mark (or -merk) bridal, in phr. to tye the haf-merk bridal
band, to be married clandestinely; (28) -mark kirk or
church, the place where clandestine marriages are cele-
brated ; (29) -mark (or -merk) marriage, a clandestine
marriage ; (30) -mark-marriage kirk, see (28) ; (31)
•marrow, (a) a spouse, a husband or wife ; a yoke-fellow,
mate ; (b) a lad or boy serving his apprenticeship ; one of
two boys working together ; (32) -moon flask, a flask
formerly used in smuggling ; (33) -mutchkin, half a pint ;
(34) -nabs, good-for-nothing, neither one thing nor
another ; (35) -natural, a fool ; (36) -nothing, (37) -nowt
or -nought, a very small sum, little or nothing, anything
beneath consideration ; a worthless person ; also used
attrib. ; (38) -oaf moulsin, see (35) ; (39) -one or Hef yin,
(a) a half-glass of whisky ; (b) a term in golfing : see
below ; (40) -parson, a deacon ; (41) -piece crock, the
ordinary deep-shaped dairy crock ; (42) -pint, to drink ;
(43) -reacher, a pitchfork of more than ordinary length ;
(44) -scale (-skeeal), of manure : half the usual quantity
spread on the surface of ground ; (45) -sea, tipsy ; (46)
•shaft, obs., the water-shaft in a colliery ; (47) -shoon, old
shoes with the toes cut off; (48) -sir, a churl, a miser;
(49) -snacks, in phr. to go half-snacks, see (7) ; (50) -stuff,
a term of depreciation applied to persons ; (51) -swing
plough, a plough in which the mould-board is a fixture ;
(52) -tester, a bed with a canopy ; (53) -timer, a child who
£ 2
HALF
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HALF
works half the day at a factory ; (5^) -tiner, in phr. half-
tiner, half-winner, one who shares half the loss or half the
gain of anything; (55) -ware, a mixture of peas and beans
sown together ; (56) -water, half-way between the boat
and the bottom of the sea ; (57) -wit, an idiot, a natural ;
(58) -work, the time when the day's work is half done ;
the middle of a shift ; half-time employment through bad
trade ; (59) -yard coal, coal of about half a yard in thick-
ness ; (60) -year meads, meadows of which one person
has the hay and another the right to ' after-shear.'
(i) Sc. ' Half acres bears good corn.' Alluding to the half acre
given to the herd, and commonly spoken in gaming, when we are but
half as many as our antagonists, KELLY Prov. (1721) 143 ; I ordaine
my husband to infeft Wm. my eldest sone in the house and Zairdiss
barne, and twa half aikeris of land, LITHGOW Poet. Rem. (ed. 1863)
xxxiv. Oxf. ' Habaker' is a term employed in certain fields between
Oxford and Yarnton, known as the ' Lot Meadows' (G.O.) ; A
habaker is half a lot : an acre is a lot. An acre or lot is sometimes
three or four acres : the habaker, two or two and a half, STAPLETON
FourOxf. Parishes ( 1893) 3°9- Hrt. CUSSANS Hist. Hrt. (1879-1881)
III.32I. [Amer. When the score of one side in a game is half that
of the other, a common remark of encouragement is ' a half acre
raises good corn if it's hoed well ' ; often merely the phrase half
acre is used alone, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 397.] (a) Ken.12 (3)
w.Yks.2 Nrf. When I chucks the half-a-nicker in the broad, yer
should ha' seen him look ! PATTERSON Man and Nat. (1895) 99.
(4) w.Yks.2 Lon. I only had ' half a thick 'un' for my trouble,
The People (Aug. 25, 1889) 13, col. 4. (5) Nhb. Aw neist to half-
a-tram was bun'. But gat a marrow gruff and sour, WILSON Pitman's
Pay (1843) 32 ; Nhb.» (6) Sur. (T.S.C.) (7) e.Suf. (F.H.) (8)
Sc. ' Sophy,' an orphan half-cousin . . . was now Alick Welsh's
good and amiable wife, MRS. CARLYLE Lett. (1883) II. 231. n.Cy.
(J.W.), e.Suf. (F.H.) (9) Dev.8 Wanted, a score of sheep to graze.
Terms, half crease. Cor.1 Half the increase, when the owner has
half the honey, and the person who takes care of the bees the
other half. (10) n.Yks.2 A hawf-dooal man. (u) Nrf. That
ain't deep enough. We shall have to get another half-draw out,
EMERSON Son of Fens ( 1892) 205. (i2)s.Wor.(H.K.) (i3)w.Som.1
Gen. used with fellow or some word expressing person. ' I never
widn ha nortto zay to no jis aa-feol fuul-ur-z ee- ' [half-fool fellow
as he]. (14) Sc. I brought a half-fou of gude red goud Out o'er
the sea wi' me, SCOTT Minstrelsy (1802) I. 301, ed. 1848. Lnk.,
Rxb. (JAM.) (15) Rnf. The heresy of Arminianism, which he
described as an attempt ' tae big hauf-gable wi' the Lord,' GILMOUR
Pen Flk. (1873) 25. (16) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (17) w.Yks. Well, I
woked on an' on in a soart of a hofe groape. HALLAM Wadsley
Jack (1866) ix. (18) Nhb.1 Cum. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864^ 305.
e.An.', Nrf. (W.W.S.) (19) e.An.1 One boy challenges another
to ' go the half-hammer.' Nrf. (W.W.S.) e.Suf. To come or go
on the half-hammer, with a hop, skip, and jump (F.H.). Sus.1
(20) nw.Dev.1 A rectangular rose-headed hand-made nail— 2 ins.
long. A hatch nail is 3 ins. long. (21, a) Snr. The shepherds of the
Downs hereabouts use, what they call a half-horn, i. e. a horn slit
lengthways, and nailed to the end of a staff, as long as the shep-
herds crooks, with which they can hurl a stone a great way, and
so keep their sheep within due bounds. This instrument is seen
in some pictures and hangings, but is not in use anywhere else,
England's Gazetteer (1778) (s.v. Hedley). (b) Oxf. Let's go in
and have a half-horn (G.O.). (22) Dev. 'I can't niwer zill
no butter in town now, there's zo many half-knack farmers
about ' — meaning that there were so many tradesmen and others
who kept a few cows, but did not make their living out of farming,
Reports Provinc. ( 1897). (23) Or.I. So called because two of these
baskets when filled and slung on a pack-saddle form a load for a
pony (JAM. Suppl.). (34) Nap.1 None of your half-laughs for me.
(25) Sc. To live honourably abroade and with credit then to
encroach ... on their friends at home, as ... leaping at the half
loafe, while as others through vertue live nobly abroade, MONRO
Exped. (1637) pt. i. 36 (JAM.). Rxb. Still used. This is half a
loaf which happens to exceed the number of loaves allotted for
the reapers; which being divided the one is thrown up for a
scramble among the women and the other among the men (JAM.).
(26) Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824). (27) Sc. HERD Coll. Sngs.
(1776) fit Lnk. Since ye are content to tye The haff mark bridal
band wi me, RAMSAY Poems 1,1800) I. 309 (JAM.). (28) Sc. To
gae to the half-mark kirk, to go to be married clandestinely. The
name seems to have arisen from the price of the ceremony (JAM.).
(»9) Sc. Making a half-merk marriage wi' Simon Mucklebackit
ScoTT^«*iy«ary(,8i6)xxxix. (30) Sc. (JAM.) (31, a) Sc. GROSE
(1790) MS. add. (C.J ; Come awa hame to thy hauf-marrow,
GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 37. Frf. Provost Binnie has an 'ee
aifter him as a hauf-marrow tae his bonnie dother, LOWSON John
Guidfollow (1890) 34 ; Lady Crawford, the wicked Teegur Earl
Beard ie's half-marrow, ib. 60. Kcb. Plead with your harlot-mother,
who hath been a treacherous half-marrow to her husband Jesus,
RUTHERFORD Lett. (1765) pt. i. ep. 123 (JAM.), (b) N.Cy.1 A
middle-sized lad, two such being needed in coal pits to ' put' a corf
of coals equal to a man. Nhb. One of two boys who manage a
tram, of about equal age, WILSON Pitman's Pay (1843) Gl. ; Nhb.1
Nhb., Dur. One of two boys putting together, NICHOLSON Coal Tr.
Gl. (1888). n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 Two halfmarrows make one whole
man ; n.Yks.4 (32) Per. She seldom travelled without a wee
drap slung about her person, which was often contained in a
half-moon flask, almost encircling her huge body, MONTEATH Dun-
blane (1835) 87, ed. 1887. (33) Sc. He might have staid to take
a half-mutchkin extraordinary with his crony the hostler, SCOTT
Antiquary (1816) i. e.Fif. Four sooks ! Haigh that wad be ae
half-mutchkin, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) vii. (34) Nhb.1 (35)
N.I.1 (36* Sc. It sold for half-nothing, Scoticisms 11787) 61. (^37)
Nhb. Shanks full o' mawks, and half-nowt cheese, WILSON Pitman's
Pay (1843) IO! He bowt the cuddy for half-nowt. The farmers
hes ne crops noo-a-days, an' what they hev they get half-nowt
for (R.O.H.). n-Yks.1 Ah'd ding tha' au'd heead aff fur haaf-
nowght, Ah wad ; n.Yks.2 I gat it for hawf nowt ; n.Yks.4 It's
nobbut a hauf-nowt when it's deean. T'father's i' prison an' t'lad's
a hauf-nowt. e.Yks.1 Ah sell'd mi wots for hawf nowt, MS. add.
(T.H.) w.Yks. (J.W.) (38) Hrf.2 (39, a) N.I.1 (i) Sc. A handi-
cap of a stroke deducted every second hole (JAM. Suppl.]. (40)
Wor. One of them there half-parsons iH.K.). (41) N.I.1 (42)
Cor. Two miners . . . had . . . been . . . ' half-pinting ' in the public-
house, HUNT Pop. Rom.w.Eng. (1865) 217, ed. 1896. (43) s.Chs.1
Used to hand up hay to the top of a stack which is approaching
completion. (44) n.Yks.2 We put a hawf-skeeal o' mannishment
upon t'land. (45) Per. Hoarse elder John sat at his knee, In
proper trim — more than half-sea, SPENCE Poems (1898) 86. (46)
Nhb. Mr. G. C. Greenwell writes : ' Query; is this not when in an
inundation the water has risen to half the depth of the shaft?'
(R.O.H. i ; Nhb.1 Compleat Collier (1708) 21. (47) Nhb. Wi' half-
shoon at maw bait poke hung, WILSON Pitman's Pay '^1843) 3° i
Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. There is my hoggars, likewise my half shoon,
Bishoprick Gar/. v1784> 54, ed. 1834. (48; Ir. None of your
beggarly half-sirs, CARLETON Traits Peas. (ed. 18431 I- J5- Wxf.
A big solemn prig of a half-sir of a farmer, KEXNEDY Banks of
Boro (1867' 159. (49) e.Suf. (F.H.) (50) Dev. Reports Provinc.
1 1883) 85. (51) Sus.1 ;s2) Oxf.i MS. add. (53) w.Yks. The
law fixes a limit of age, and a standard of education below which
children are not allowed to work all day in factories. A ' half-
timer' is generally one who has not fulfilled the required conditions
(F.J.N.) ; A large proportion of these children were under instruc-
tion as ' half-timers,' CUDWOHTH Worstedopolis (1888) 52. Chs.1
(54) Kcb. Be half tincr, half winner with my Master, RUTHERFORD
Lett. (1660) No. 182. (55) Hrt. If Vale farmers should sow beans
and pease together (or what the Valemcn call half ware), ELLIS
Mod. Hiisb.^iiso) I. ii. 156) S. & Ork.1 (57) Chs.1; Chs.8 Our
Raphe's a pratty toidy scollard ; but as for Dick, poor chap, he's
a hafe-wit. (58) Nhb. But, then, at half wark aw was duin,
WILSON Pitman's Pay ',1843) 30; Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. NICHOLSON
Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (59) Nhb.1 Gen. good coal, and better than
the three-quarter coal, yet being so low to work in (or but of that
small thickness), it is scarce worth while to work it, J.C. Compleat
Collier (1708) 16. (60) Dor. MARSHALL Reviciv (1817) V. 261.
7. Comb, in names of birds, fishes, or plants : (i) Half-
bird, (a) the widgeon, Mareca pemlope ; (b) the whimbrel,
Nutnenius phaeopus ; (2) -callo, see (i, b); (3) -curlew,
(a) see(i, b); (b} the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa Lapponica;
(4)-duck,see(i,a); (5) -fish, the salmon-cock or graveling,
Salmo salar; (6) -fowl, any wild fowl other than the
mallard, esp. the teal, Querquedula crecca, and the widgeon,
Mareca penelope; (7) -smart, the yellow bedstraw, Galium
verum ; (8) -snipe, the jack-snipe, Limnocryptes gallinula ;
(9) -web, (a) the red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus hyper-
boreus; (b) the grey phalarope, P. lobatus; (10) -whaup,
see (3, *)! (") -wood, (a) the woody nightshade, Solatium
Dulcamara ; (b) the clematis or honesty, Clematis Vitalba.
(i, a) Lin. As it only fetches half the price of a mallard or brent
goose it is known to the fenners as a half bird, SMITH Birds (1887)
482. (Ai Nrf. SwAiNSpN Birds 1,1885) *99- (2) Nrf. The whimbrel
or ' half-callo,' in habits, custom, and appearance much resembles
the curlew, EMERSON Birds (ed. 1895) 305. (3,3) Nrf. SWAINSON ib.
199. [The whimbrel very closely resembles the curlew, but is ...
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very considerably smaller in size, YARRELL Birds (ed. 1845) II.
583.] (6) Nrf. SWAINSON ib. 198. (4) ib. 154. (5) Sus. In the
river Tees we take notice but of two distinctions of size, viz.
a salmon cock, which some call a half fish, RAY Carres. (1677) 127.
[SATCHELL (1879).] (6) e.An.1 Nrf. COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf.
(1893)45. (7) Bck. Science Gossip (1891) 119. (8) SWAINSON (A.
193. Oxf. API.IN Birds (1889) 214. (9) Or.I. SMITH Birds (1887)
452. S. & Ork.1 (10) Frf. SWAINSON ib. 198. (n, a) War.3,
Wor. (B. & H.), s.Wor. (H.K.) (4) Glo.1
8. adv. In comb, (i) Half away, mad ; (2) — back,
an exclamation used to direct horses to turn to the
left; (3) -baked, (a) foolish, silly, weak of intellect;
raw, inexperienced ; (b) a foolish fellow ; (4) — bap-
tize, to baptize privately ; (5) -baptized, see (3, aj ;
(6) -char, (a) doing things by halves, slightly or badly
done ; (b) see (3, b) ; (7) -christened, see (3, a) ; (8)
•cocked, half-drunk ; (9) -cow'd, bent, stooping ; also used
fig.; (10) — enough, ? half as much again; (n) -gaited,
limping, weak of gait; (12) -gate(s or -gait, half-way; (13)
•going, the right of pasturage upon the Fell for a certain
number of sheep within defined limits ; (14) -gone, (a)
see (3, a); (b) about the middle period of pregnancy; (15)
•lang leather, a ladder of medium length; (i6)-lang ploo,
a plough with medium metals; (17) -middling, in poor
health, indifferent in health ; (18) -mounted gentleman,
a yeoman, small proprietor of land ; (19) -named, privately
baptized ; (20) -nethered, nearly perished with cold ; (21)
•old, middle-aged ; (22) — right, see (3, a) ; (23) -roads,
see (12) ; (24) -rock, a foolish fellow ; half-witted ; (25)
•rocked or -rockton, see (3, a) ; (26) -sarkit, half-clothed ;
(27) -saved, also in phr. not half-saved, (28) -scraped, (29)
•shaked, (30) -shanny, (31) -shaved, see (3, a) ; (32)
•shaven, ? without ceremony ; (33) -skim, made of milk
skimmed once only ; (34) -slew'd, see (8) ; (35) -soaked,
see (3, a) ; (36) -sprung, see (8) ; (37) -strain, (a) see
(3. «) ! (b) mongrel ; (38) -strained, (a) see (3, a) ; (b) in
phr. half-strained gentry, ' shabby-genteel ' persons, those
who have difficulty in keeping up appearances ; (39) -
there, see (3, a) ; (40) -thick, (a) see (3, a) ; (b) see (3, 6) ;
(c) half-fat ; a half-fattened animal ; (41) — tidy, pretty
well ; (42) -waxed, half-grown ; (43) -ways, half, partly.
(i) N.I.1 (a) Dur.1 (3, a) n.Cy. (B.K.) Nhb. The proposition
was a half-baked one, WATSON Hist. Lit. and Phil. Soc. (1897)
134. n.Yks.14, w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1, s.Chs.1 nw.Der.1 Having had
only half sleep or rest. n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 He talks like a man
haef-baked. War.2 ; War.4 Yer mount expect too much of him ;
he were only half-baked when he were born. w.Wor. I warn't
half-baked, nor borned isterday, S. BEAUCHAMP Grantley Grange
(1874) I. 76. Oxf.1 MS. add. Wil. (G.E.D.), (E.H.G.), Wil.1,
Som. (J.S.F.S.) n.Dev. KINGSLEY Westward Ho! (1855) I. 91, in
PEACOCK Gl. (1889). Cor. A fine, bowerly woman, but a bit
ha'f-baked in her wits; put in wi' the bread, as they say, an' tuk
out wi' the cakes, 'Q.' Troy Town (1888) xi ; Cor.123 (A) Der.2
(4) s-Wor.1, Hrf.2, Glo. (A.B.) Oxf.1 MS. add. Ken.1 Ken., Sus.
N. & Q. (1893) 8th S. iv. 275. Sus.1 If you please, sir, will you
be so good as to half-baptize the baby ? (5) Sus.1 You must have
been half-baptized to water those flowers when the sun was full
on them. (6, a) s.Chs.1 It)s terubl ai'f-chaa'r wuurk tu aa too
aawts ut gy'et-in u job lahyk dhaal- dim [It's terrible hafe-char
work to ha' two outs at gettin' a job like that done]. nw.Der.1
(b) Der.2, nw.Der.1 (7) n.Lin.1 (8) Nhb. Half-cock'd and canty,
hyem we gat, WILSON Pitman's Pay (1843) 54 ; Nhb.1 I.W.2 All
on 'em was about half cocked. (9) n.Yks.2 ' A poor hawf-cow'd
fellow,' one whom his wife rules. (10) Dev.They say Bradninch
bells are half-enough more than Thorverton bells, Reports Provinc.
(1889). (n) w.Yks. Thear he goaze wi his hauf-gaited legs an
a smile on his poor thin face, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann.
(1873) 62. i 12) Sc. I wud be verie happy — verie weel-pleased to
meet him half-gates, Glenfergus (1820) III. 231 (JAM.). Sh.I. I'm
mair as half-gaets up da voe, JUNDA Klingrahobl (1898) 52. Abd.
When he was about half gates up the wood he had got some plan
in his head, Deeside Tales (1872) 121. Per. When ance we're in
the battle's din We'll find we're half gate thro', HALIBURTON Ochil
Idylls (1891) 44- e.Fif. His coat was o' many colours an' hang
doon half-gaits till's heels, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xiv. Gall.
Wi' whiskers half-gate o'er his face, NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814)
47, ed. 1897. ^13) Cum. Attached to most of the Fell dale farms
(J.Ar.). (14, a) w.Yks. He is abaht hauf gooan, Leeds Merc.
Suppl. (Nov. ii, 1893). (b) Sc. (JAM.), Cai.1 (15) Nhb. (R.O.H.)
(16) Nhb.1 A ' lang-ploo' is a plough with a long mould board. A
' short-ploo ' is a short metalled one. A half-lang is between the
two. (17) w.Yks. Ah'm nobbut just abaht hauf-middlin, Yks.
Wkly. Post (Feb. 15, 1896). (18) Ir. A sturdy half-mounted
gentleman, BARRINGTON Sketches (1830) I. xii ; In those days the
common people, ideally separated the gentry . . . into three classes.
. . i. Half-mounted gentlemen. . . The first-named class formed
the only species of independent yeomanry then existing in Ireland,
ib. (19) Hrf.1, Glo.1 (20) n.Yks.2 (21) Abd. Drink soon wad
mak" him daz'd and doited ere ha'f auld, SHIRREFS Poems (1790)
42. (22) Cum. Ye munna trust him, he's nobbet hofe-reet (E. W.P.) ;
They say he is nobbet hawf reel, GILPIN Sngs. (1866) 310 ; Cnm.14
Lan. He wos nobbut hofe reel, R. PIKETAH Fomess Flk. (1870) 34.
(23) Sc. (JAM.) -,24) n.Yks.2 Nrf. COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf.
(i893) 58. (25) N.Cy.1 Half-rocked-innocent. Nhb. The Biship
o' Jarra is a hawf rockt un, Keelman's Ann. (1869) 23; Nhb.1
Cum. They're what ah may co hofe rockt mako' whoke, SARGISSON
Joe Scoap (1881) 129 ; Cum.3 He was yan o' t'hafe-rock't mak was
Wiffy, 27. Wm. Thaer folk browt him up bi cannel-leet ; turned
him oot a hofe rocked 'un, Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 42. n.Yks.1;
n.Yks.4 It's nobbut a hauf-rocked thing foor onnybody ti deea.
ne. Yks.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. He wor one o' them harmless, gawmless,
hauf-rockt, sleeveless, dateless creeturs, Yksman, Comic Ann.
(i&&i) 27; w.Yks.13, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, nw.Der.1 Lin.1 Take no
notice of Aunt, she's half-rocked. n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, e.An.1 Cmb.1
Why he's only a poor half-rocked sort of fellow. Nrf. (E.M.),
e.Suf. (F.H. j (26; Ayr. While here, half-mad, half-fed, half-sarkit,
Is a' the amount, BURNS Vision, st. 5. (27) sw-Lin.1 He's a poor
half-saved sort of creature. War.2 Shr., Hrf. BOUND Provinc.
(1876 . Hrf. DUNCUMB Hist. Hrf. (1804-1812) ; Hrf.1, Glo.1 Mid.
' When spiders go thrumming, there is wild weather coming,'
came clumsily into my half-saved mind, BLACKMORE Kit (1890) II.
iv. Wil.1 Som. Used as ' not half-saved ' (W.F.R.) ; Monthly
Mag. (1814) II. 126. w.Som.1 Poor bwoy, you can't 'spect much
vrom he— he idn 'boo half a-saved. Dev. PULMAN Sketches (1842)
101, ed. 1871. nw.Dev.1 Cor. For he was but half-saaved,
TREGELLAS Tales ,1868, 49; Cor.12 (28) n.Cy. (B.K.) .29) Chs.1
(30) Ess.1 (31) n.Cy. (B.K.) (32) w.Yks. You're to bring
Peggy, and come hawf shavven, DIXON Craven Dales (1881) 175.
(33) Dor. Half-skim cheese, BARNES Gl. (1863". ^34) e.Yks.1,
w.Yks. (J.W.) ^35) s.Chs.1 s.Stf. He acts soo haulf soaked folks
never thinkin he's gettin the better on 'em, but he is, PINNOCK
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895 . War. NORTHALL Wd. Bk. (1896, (s.v. Half-
saved i. w.Wor.1, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 That chap looks as if'ewuz
on'y 'afe-soaked. (36) Oxf. (G.P.) (37) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
(38, n) s.Chs.1 Shr.1 I think the Maister wuz to blame to trust a
'afe-strained auf like 'im, C6th a sperited 'orse ; Shr.2 Hrf.2 She's
a half-strained donkey, (b) Dev. Reports Provinc. (1877) 131.
(39; n.Yks.1 Puir silly gomerill ! He's nobbut hauf-there. n.Lin.1
(40, a) e.Cnm. ^C.W.D.), w.Yks.23, Fit. (T.K.J.) (b) Nhb. Ah
larned thee hoo to dae thy reckonin' — an' it's mair nor a haufthick
like thee desarves, 5. Tynedale Stud. (1896) v. Cum. Haufthicks
leyke his-sell, STAGG Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 89 ; Cum.1 ; Cum.3
Thou's rayder a hoaf-thick, but m'appen I may, 39. Wm. Enny
gomeless hofe-thick mae deea ya ill turn fer anudther, Spec. Dial.
(1880) pt. ii. 8. w.Yks. Does ta meean to tell me 'at tha'd noa
moor respect for thisen nor to wed a hawfthick like Alick ?
HARTLEY Clock A Int. (1877) 31. Lan. Waw. hoo says, theaw hawve-
thick, that's th' angelica percil, STATON Loominary (c. 1861) 31.
s.Chs.1, nw.Der.1 (c) Cum.14, w.Yks.13 ne.Lan.1 ' She's nobbut
hauf-thick,' not fat enough for a butcher. 1^41) Ess. ' How do you
like yourself in your new place?' 'Oh, half tidy!' (H.M.M.)
(42) Nhb.1 A half-waxed lad. (43) Lnk. I'm half-ways gi'en to
tak' your part, An' half-ways to abuse ye, MURDOCH Doric Lyre
(1873) 68.
9. Phr. (i) half and between, neutral, neither one thing
nor the other ; (2) — and half, (a) see (i) ; (b) half-witted ;
(c) tipsy, half-intoxicated; (3) — after, with numerals:
half-past such and such an hour ; (4) — a-two, almost in
two pieces, cracked, in half; (5) — too much, too much
by half; (6) not to half do anything, to do anything
thoroughly or very much ; (7) to be half-past five with
anything, to be all up with anything, be ' finished,' ' done
for ' ; (8) to kill half a beast a week, see below ; (9) to lose
half the way of anybody, not to be able to keep up with
any one, to run or walk half as fast as.
(i) Rnf. Take the Radical side, And nae mair be a half-and-
between, M°GILVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 282. (a, a) Cld. (JAM.)
(6) Not.3 Nobbut 'afe an' 'afe. (c) Dmf. Big John M'Maff. . .
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Turned, though the chiel was half and half, His head away, MAYNE
Siller Gun (18081 st. 74. Gall. Our wooer wasna happy, Though
fully half and half wi' nappy, NICHOLSON Poet. IVks. (1814) 44, ed.
1897. Wor. ' Were you drunk at the time ? ' ' Well, I'll tell you
what it is, gentlemen, I was half-an'-half, Evesham Jrn. (Dec. 35,
1897- (3) Sc. (A.W.) Nhp.1 'What's o'clock, Bill?' ' Haat
arter ten.' Nrf. We started to get our dinners at half arter twelve,
EMERSON Son of fens (1892) 136. Suf. Haaf arter three, e.An. Dy.
Times (1893). Som. At half-aater zix, AGRIKLER Rhymes (1873)
106. (4) n.Cy. (J.W.\ War.2, Oxf.1 Brks.1 The led o' the box
be hafe-atwo an' wunt stan' no mendin'. Hrt. I'll cut it half in
two and use one piece here (G.H.G.). (5) Guer. It's half too
much (G.H.G.). (6) s.Stf. I daint hauf enj'y myself, PINNOCK
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). <l) Glo. It was all half-past five with
the bicycle (S.S.BA (8) w.Yks. (J.W.) Lin. A man said of
a butcher who had risen in the world, ' He was in a poor way
when he fo'st corned here, nobbut ewest to kill hauf a beast a
week." The common and appropriate phr. for a butcher who
joins weekly with another in purchasing a beast for slaughter
(E.P.). (9) Nhb. Alice followed as fast as she could, but lost half
the way of Edward, The Long Pack (c. 1728) in N. &• Q. (1888)
7th S. vi. 148.
10. Followed by numerals in speaking of the time of
day : half-past the preceding hour.
Sc. 'What's o'clock?' 'Half six,' or half-past five, Scolicisms
(1787) 43; Tell Geordie, wullye, to bid Else come down to the
byre at half aicht, SWAN Gates of Eden ( 1 8951 i. Sh. & Or. I. Common
!j.M.). Frf. Jess looked quickly at the clock. ' Half fower! ' she
said excitedly, BARRIE Thrums (1889) iii. Per. He gaed tae bed
at half twa and wes oot in the fields by four, IAN MACLAREN K.
Carnegie (1896) 154.
11. v. To halve, divide into two equal parts, to share; in
sheep-marking : to cut off half the ear.
Bnff.1 Lth. ' To hauf and snake,' to divide. Esp. applied to a
tavern bill or lauwin, as ' We'll hauf and snake,' we shall pay equal
shares (JAM.). Lakel.2 Hauf a hig off. e.Snf. (F.H.) Cor. And
haafey with waun, DANIEL Poems.
12. With down : to half-plough, plough lightly ; also
called Halfen down.
w.Som.1 To make a kind of half ploughing, by which a shallow
sod is turned upside down upon the adjacent unmoved sod. A
very common operation, when it is desired only to rot the surface
growth without burying it deeply.
HALFENDEAL, sb. Som. Dev. A half part of any-
thing, a moiety ; also used attrib.
Som. A halfendeal garment is one composed of two different
materials, ./V. & Q. (1852) ist S. vi. 184; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
w.Som.1 The word rather implies a division by counting, although
it is used occas. with reference to division by measure only, as of
liquids, cheese, &c. ' I let'n had a full halfen deal, same's off we
was to share and share alike.' nw.Dev.1 Now obs., but common
in old leases in the phr. ' moiety or halfendeal.'
[He . . . neme bat halfendele, LAJAMON (c. 1275) 7093.
OE. (pone) healfan dal, the half part.]
HALFER, see Halver, Haffer, v?
HALFING, sb. Dev. The custom of collecting birds'
eggs to string together for use at the sports held on the
2Qth of May.
The children go about in parties, six or seven together, halfing,
as they call it. This custom is nothing more than to collect as
many birds' eggs as they can against garland day, BRAY Desc.
Tamar and Tavy (1836) II. lett. 30; GROSE ^1790) MS. add. (M.)
HALFLIN, see Hafflin.
HALFLIN(G, sb. and adj. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also
in forms haaflan Cld. ; haaflang Sc. QAM.); hafflin Sc.
n.Yks.2; haflin Sc. Cum.1; half-lang, hauflin Sc. ; hawflin
Cum. n.Yks.2; hoafen ne.Lan.1; hoaflin Cum.1 1. sb.
A half-grown boy, a stripling, a boy employed upon a
farm or in a stable ; a hobbledehoy.
Or.I. An1 thus unto the halflin' she sed, Oread. J. Gilpin, St. 55,
in ELLIS Pronunc. (1889) V. 809. Cat1 Abd. The dress of boys
or haflins was a leather cap trimmed with cat's fur, a very short
blue sey coat, and corduroy trousers, ANDERSON Rhymes ( 1867)
307. Frf. He had ordered the hauflin' to saddle the shilt, WATT
Poet. Sketches (1880) 81. Per. Send a haflin for some medicine,
IAN MACLAREN Brier Bush (1894) 233 Flf. To snotter or to slaver
was no less objectionable in the callant. the loon, or the haflin,
COLVILLE Vernacular (1899) 17. rn.Sc. Who was horse-herd, or
what was in those days called hauflin, upon a neighbouring farm,
WILSON Tales (1839) V. 340. Drab. Wi' daffin' haflins, gayest o' the
gay, SALMON Gouiodean (1868) 30. Lnk. I see the coonter-louper
chiels, The hafflin warehoose clerks, COGHILL Poems (1890) 18.
e.Lth. Owre the lugs in love, and breesting up like a halflin' to
Miss Jessie. MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes (1885) 179.
2. A half-witted person, a fool.
CaU.Sth. (JAM.) Cum.Tou's nobbet a hawflinbworn, ANDERSON
Ballads (ed. 1808) 105; Gl. (1851); Cum.1, n.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1
3. adj. Half-grown, youthful.
Sc. He wears a tousie wig that micht set a haflin laddie, KEITH
Indian Uncle (1896) 4. Per. Johnny was for speed unmatched,
An' halflin hares had often catched, SPENCE Poems (1898) 197.
w.Sc. Amongst the servants of our Scottish farmers, there is the
'little man,' or hauflin callan, CARRICK Laird of Logan (1835) 83.
Ayr. Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree, BURNS Brigs
of Ayr (1787) 1. 43. Lnk. I was but a hauflin' chiel O' seventeen
simmers, COGHILL Poems (1890) 68. Lth. His minnie in her
halllin days, Had met his faither's ardent gaze, SMITH Merry
Bridal (1866) 7. Edb. Some outlandish halflin creatures Nae o'
God's mak, LEARMONT Poems (1791) i. Dmf. Halflin swankies
blithely turn Tae sport wi' them they lo'e, REID Poems (1894) 57.
Gall. More like a halfling lassie than a douce mother, CROCKETT
Cleg Kelly (1896) 376.
HALFLINS, adv. and adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written
halflens Nhb. ; and in forms haffins Edb. ; hafflins Sc.
n.Cy. ; haflin Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) ; haflins Sc. Cum.1 ;
hallens Abd. ; hallins n.Sc. QAM.) ; hauflins, havlins
Sc. ; hoaflins Cum.1 1. adv. Half, partially ; nearly.
Sc. She haflins showed a rosie cheek, CUNNINGHAM Sngs. (1813)
52. Elg. ' It's serious,' says I, somehoo halflins winkin, TESTER
Poems (1865) 133. Abd. I think nae sae, she says and haflins
leugh, Ross Helenore (1768) 73, ed. 1812. Frf. I'm baith cripple
an' hafflins blind, BEATTIE Amha (c. 1820) 21. ed. 1882. Fif. A
show'r o' beams, That halflins blindet, wi' their sheen, TENNANT
Papistry ^1827) 9. Dmb. Halflins clad He frae their cruel hands
in anguish flew, SALMON Gouiodean (1868) 27. Rnf. Wi' a face
haflins wae, haflins glad, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 85. Ayr.
While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak, BURNS Cottars Sat. Night
(1785) st. 7. Lnk. Mayhap you'll think I halflins ken You're frae
the bonnie banks o' Ayr, PARKER Misc. Poems (1859) 51. Lth. In
a dooer, ha'flings sleeping, Sad he saw, wi' hallow ee, Mally, BRUCE
Poems (1813) II. 120. Edb. When the company had haffins met,
MOIR Mansic IVaucli (1828) ix. Slk. I hafflins thought to mysel,
HOGG Tales (1838) 358, ed. 1866. Rub. They [birds] haflins tame
do seek for food an' bield, A. SCOTT Poems (ed. 1808) no. Dmf.
Halflins droon The laich seep-sabbin' o' the burn doon by, REID
Poems (1894 29. Gall. He hurkled ben and hauflins fell asleep,
MACTAGGART Em yd. (1824) 116, ed. 1876. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll.
L.L.B.) Nhb. I've haflens rued o' Mr. Bell ! GRAHAM Maori. Dial.
(1826) 8. Cum.1 When 'tis carded, row'd and spun, Then the
work is haflins done, Sng. of Tarry Woo.
Hence Hafflin(s)-wise, adv. partly, in a slight measure ;
reluctantly, half-heartedly.
Sc. She hafiin-wise consented (JAM. SK/>/>/.). Ayr. Altho' his
carnal wit an' sense Like hafflins-wise o'ercomes him At times
that day, BURNS Holy Fair (1785) st. 17.
2. Half-way ; mid-way ; in equal shares.
Sc. West the gate To auld Kilmeny— it slants hafflins hame,
LEIGHTON Wds. (1869) 19. Abd. Hallens to anything, near by it,
SHIRREFS Poems (1790) Gl. Frf. Ha'flins has life's pirnie reeled,
an' something mair, MORISON Poems (1790) 117. Rnf. Though
haflins backward, thus I must commence, WEBSTER Rhymes (,1835)
198. Ayr. An' win' o' doctrine hafflins mixt, SILLAR Poems ( 1 789)
59. Edb. Patricks [partridges] skiming o'er the mead, And haflins
rintomeettheirbride,LiDDLEPo««5(i82i) 170. Gall. MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1824). Cum.1
3. adj. Half, partial.
Rnf. For me, I hae a halflins swither, Howe'er Sectarians girn
at ither, FINLAYSON Rhymes (18151 98. Lnk. A hafflins thaw is
come at last, HAMILTON Poems (1865) 103. Edb. Wi' Habby
Graeme, the haflins fool, Tint Quey (1796) 17.
4. Half-grown, young.
Sc. My father was then a hafflins callant, SCOTT Redg. (1824)
Lett. xi. Lnk. The hafflins man himself is likely to be in a state
of discontent, FRASER Whaups (1895) ix. Edb A touzy ragged
halflins callant of thirteen, MOIR Mansie Wauch 1828) x.
[1. Than vp I lenyt, halflingis in affrey, DUNBAR Thistle
attd Rose (c. 1510) 187.]
HALFPENNY, sb. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. ?Nrf. Dev.
Cor. Also in forms awpenny Yks. ; awpney w.Yks. ;
HALFPENNY-WORTH
HALL
ha'penny Fif. Cor. ; hapmy Dev. ; happenny Cor. ; hau-
penny w.Yks.1 ; hawpney w.Yks.1 ; hawpny w.Yks.1
Lan.1; ho'penny Cum.1 1. In comp. (i) Halfpenny-bit,
a halfpenny ; (2) -deevils, a kind of sweetmeat or cake ;
(3) -piece, see (i) ; (4) -slit, an ear-mark given to pigs or
sheep [not known to our other correspondents].
ii) Dev. Canst gie me til hapmy bits vur a penny? HEWETT
Peas. Sp. (1892). (2) Fif. There were such special aids to friend-
ship as ' clack "... the ' gundy ' of Edinburgh youth, ' pawrlies,'
and ' ha'penny deevils,' COLVILLE Vernacular (1899) 14. (3)
w.Yks. He owes ma ivvery awpney piece Fur twenty pund a
tripe, PRESTON Poems (1864) 16 ; w.Yks.1 He cares nut a haupenny
piece what expense an trouble he puts other foak lull, ii. 298.
Lan.Aw'll lend 'em nowt, not a hawp'ny piece, DOHERTY.W. Barlow
(1884) 38. (4) ? Nrf. (W.W.S.)
2. Phr. (i) halfpenny head and a fardin tail, applied to
anything of which the parts do not correspond, one being
much better than another. Cum.1 ; (2) to have, or keep,
one's hand on ones halfpenny, to be mean, stingy ; to look
after one's own interests. w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1
3. pi. Savings, a fortune.
w.Cor. ' She has bra' happunce, I can tell ee.' Small savings are
often spoken of as ' little ha'pence.' ' I should like to have her
little ha'pence' (M.A.C.).
HALFPENNY-WORTH, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Lin. Brks.
I.W. Also in forms aapoth Lin. ; hapeth I.W.1 ; ha-
porth Ir. ; happorth Lnk. ; hauaporth w.Yks.5; hawporth
w.Yks.1; hawpworth n.Yks. ; yeppath Brks.1 [h^a'pab,
9'pab.j 1. In phr. to lose a hog, or ewe, for a halfpenny-
worth of tar, to be penny wise and pound foolish, to be so
saving in little things as to risk things of value.
n.Yks. Let's nut loase an hogg for a hawpworth of tarr, MERITON
Praise Ale (1684) 1. 125. w.Yks.1 Dunnot loaz t'yow for a haw-
porth o' tar.
2. A very small quantity.
Lnk. Not a wan in Towe-Rowe knows a happorth about me,
MURDOCH Readings (ed. 1895) I. 32. Ir. A grand baste —but no
ha'porth o' use, BAH LOW Bogland\ 1892) 7,ed. 1893. Lin.Amowta
taae'n owd Joanes, as 'ant nor a 'aapoth o' sense, TENNYSON N. Far-
mer, Old Style (1864) st. 13. Brks.1 A yent got a yeppath o' zense.
3. An article of little value ; a bargain ; a good-for-
nothing or clownish fellow.
w.Yks.5 A clownish, ridiculous person, is ' nobbut a hauaporth ! '
One who commits a great mistake is stigmatized as being ' a gurt
hauaporth ! ' A newly-bought joint of meat turning out to be
magotty, is ' a rum hauaporth ! ' An eccentric-spoken man who
has occupied a pulpit, is ' a queer hauaporth ! ' to the listener.
I.W.1 That chap's a bad hapeth.
HALFY, sb. nw.Dev.1 [ae'fi.] A fool, a half-witted
person. Cf. halflin(g, 2.
HALGAVER COURT, phr. Cor. See below.
The people of Bodmin had an old custom of assembling ... on
Halgaver Moor in ... July, and electing a ' Mayor of Misrule,'
for the punishment of petty offenders. . . . When these mates meet
with any raw serving-man or other young master, who may serve
and deserve to make pastime, they cause him to be solemnly
arrested for his appearance before the Mayor of Halgaver, where
he is charged with wearing one spur, or wanting a girdle, or some
such like felony, and . . . judgment is given in formal terms, and
executed in some one ungracious prank or other. Hence is sprung
the proverb, when we see one slovenly apparelled, to say ' He
shall be presented in Halgaver Court,' HUNT Pop. Rom. w.Eng.
(1865) 402-3, ed. 1896.
HALGH, HALIDAY, HALIER, see Haugh, Holiday,
Helier.
HALIFAX, sb. Yks. Lin. Oxf. Cor. Amer. In phr. go to
Halifax, a mild substitute for a direction to go to a place
not to be named to ears polite. Cf. Hecklebirnie, Hexham,
Hull.
w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin. Well known in these parts, A'. & Q.
(1875) 5th S. iv. 154 ; n-Lin.1, Oxf. (G.O.) e.Cor. Very common
about Looe, fifty years ago, N. (f Q. (1. c. ) [Amer. Common,
Dial. Notes (1896) I. 382.]
HALIKELD, sb. Obs. Yks. A holy well. See Keld.
n.Yks. The pins cast into the halikeld, ATKINSON Maori. Parish
(1891) 132.
HALINAS, sb. pi. w.Yks. In the rag-trade : coarse
white blankets from Hungary, Roumania, &c. (M.F.)
HALISH, adj. Cor. Also in form allish. Pale, sickly
in appearance, weak, ailing.
THOMAS Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. • Cor.1 She's a poor halish
creetur; Cor.2
HALISON, sb. Sc. ? A saying.
Abd. Sweeter bliss Than faith in this glad Halison, 'Thee'enin'
brings a' Hame/ EDWARDS Mod. Poets, ist S. 66.
HALIWERK-FOLK, sb. Obs. Dur. Also written
Halywerc folk. People who held their lands by the
service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St.
Cuthbert.
SURTEES Hist. Dur. I. xv, xvi, in BROCKETT Gl. (1846) ; They
pleaded . . . that they were Haliwerke folkes, and held their lands
to defend the Corps of Saint Cuthbert, CAMDEN Brit. (1610) 736 ;
Halyworkfolk, BAILEY (1721).
[A contam. form of the older Haliwares folc, the people
of the holy man (Cuthbert) ; see Feodarium Prioratus
Dunelm. (Surtees) (passim) (N.E.D.).]
HALL, sb.1 and int. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Lan. Stf. Suf.
Ken. Sus. Cor. Also in forms ha' Sc. ; haa Nhb.1 ; haal
Cor.3; hal- N.Cy.1 Ken.1; hale Cor.; haw Sc. Stf.; ho'
Lan. [ha, §1, 93!.] 1. sb. A house, home ; a farm-house
or cottage.
Cai.1 The chief farm in a township. Elg. The calves prance
round the ha', COUPER Poetry 11804) I. 113. Abd. My wee bit
cantie ha' Peeps out frae "mid a wreath o" snaw, STILL Cottar's
Sunday (1845) 144. Kcd. To see ... His father's ha' and youthful
hame, JAMIE Muse (1844) 14. Frf. Her smile was the sunshine
that lichtit oor ha', WATT Poet. Sketches (1880) 81. Rnf. Nae mair
I'll see my faither's ha', BARR Poems (1861) 99. Ayr. Noo 1 am
moor'd in my ain cosie ha', WHITE Jottings (1879) Il&- Lth.
She's the star o' his heart an' his ha', man, BALLANTINE Poems
11856) 86. Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 31. Edb. Lang mat
your ha' be stow'd wi' blessin'srife ! LEARMONT Poems (1791) 194.
Lan. I' th' ho an' cottage ingill, KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH Scarsdale
(1860; II. 215.
2. The principal room of a house, the parlour ; also in
comp. Hall-chamber.
Sc. A' that's said in the kitchen shou'd na be tauld in the ha',
RAMSAY Prov. (17371. Cor. I knawed un by Mally,Phelleps'
pictur ofun in her hall, TREGELLAS Tales (1865) 33; Ai wud'nt
. . . tres'n in aur eel tjeenrba bai asel'f [I wouldn't trust him in
our hall-chamber by himself], ELLIS Prommc. Vi889) V. 172 ; Cor.3
w.Cor. They cal'n a pare-lar, forsuth ; why a es but a good hale
and make the most of 'n, BOTTRELL Trad. 3rd S. 60.
Hence not to remember from the haal to the heic/i, phr. to
have a bad memory. Cor.3
3. The kitchen of a farm-house, the principal living-
room ; also called Farmer's ha'.
Abd. In winter's nights, whae'er has seen The farmer's Ha"
convene Finds a' thing there to please his een, KEITH Farmer's
Ha' U774) s'- I- s.Sc. Blithe at night was ilka one In the
auld snug ha' o' Little Billy, WATSON Border Bards (1859) 7.
Lnk. Glad tidings in the Farmer's ha' Is terror to the weavers,
WATSON Poems (1853) 3.
4. The country justices' room where they hold their
court. e.Suf. (F.H.)
5. Comb, (i) Hall-bible, a large family-bible ; (2) -clay,
potter's earth ; (3) -corn beer, a certain quantity of barley
paid by the tenants of Amble to the lord of the manor;
(4) -en', the end or side of a house ; (5) -farm, a farm
specially attached to a manor-house and not rented to
a tenant ; (6) -farmer, one who works a farm for the
lord of the manor [not known to our correspondents] ;
(7) -folk, servants ; kitchen-folk ; (8) -garth, a hall-yard,
an open enclosure pertaining to a hall ; (9) -house, (a) a
manor-house, the residence of the landed proprietor ; (b)
a large house, a farmer's house in contradistinction to
that of a cottar ; (10) -maiden, a maidservant in a farmer's
house ; (n) -neuk, a corner in a hall or large living-room ;
(12) -rig, the first ridge in a field cut in harvest.
(i) Sc. The large Bible, formerly appropriated for family-wor-
ship and which lay in the Ha' or principal apartment (JAM.).
Ayr. The big ha' bible was accordingly removed by Mrs. Walkin-
shaw from the shelf, GALT Entail (1823) xix. Lnk. The muckle
ha' -bible was brocht frae the bole, NICHOLSON Kilwuddie (ed. 1895)
144. Gall. It's in your hand o' write that the name o' Janet
Geddes stands in the big ha' Bible, CROCKETT Raiders ( 1894) xxxiii.
HALL
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(a) lUb. A tough blue clay, so called because used by the peasantry
to whiten the walls of their houses (JAM.)- (3) Nhb.1 Formerly
for the use of the monastic cell there. (4) Draf. What step is that by
our ha" en'? CROMEK Remains (1810) 75. (5) Lan. If yo'n tae me
on booard at t'Ho fearm, KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH Scarsdale (1860) II.
215; The hall- farm is almost invariably farmed by the owner or
the tenant of the hall, retained for the use of the household. In
cases where the tenant of the hall does not require it, the hall-
farm is sometimes let to an adjoining farm-tenant on the estate.
Usually it is principally grazing ground (S.W.). e.Suf. (F.H.)
(6) Snf. Even this happened in the practice of a hall-farmer, MAR-
SHALL Review (1811) III. 449. (7) Ayr. Tho' the gentry first are
stechin Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their pechan, BURNS Twa Dogs
(1786) 1. 61, 6a. (8) m.Yks.1 (s.v. Garth). (9, a) Sh.I. I was just
seeking you that you may gang after him to the hall-house, for,
to my thought, he is far frae weel, SCOTT Pirate (1822) vii. Twd.
They shall pay a plack yearly, if demanded from the hole in the back
wall of the Hall-house, Notes to Pennecuik's Desc. Twd. (1815) 161
(JAM.). Edb. Rinning about the Laird's ha' house, MACNEILL
Bygone Times (iSn'i 43. Dmf. The talk in the ha' hoose, the talk
in the manse, THOM Jock o' Knowe (1878) 32. Dur.1, Stf. (K.)
(6) Sc. I've a ha'-house, I hae baith goods an' gear, Shepherd's
Wedding (1789) n ; A house large enough to possess a dining-
room (H.W.). Abd. The cottage built on an inferior scale differed
in no other respect from the farmer's or ha'-house, Statist. Ace.
XXI. 242 (JAM.). Gall. In yon ha' house, ayont the fell, Whar
rural peace and pleasure dwell, NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814) 39,
ed. 1897. Kcb. The halloo rais'd forth frae the ha'-house swarm,
DAVIDSON Seasons (1789) 27 GAM.). Nhb.1 It is always distin-
guished from the ' hinds' hooses,' as the hinds' cottages are called.
(.10) Nhb.1 In contradistinction to a hind's maiden. ( 1 1 ) Sc. A leddy
sits in our hall-neuk, SCOTT Bride of Lam. (1819) xiv. (12) Lth.
Thus denominated, because it is cut down by the domestics on
the farm, i.e. the members of the farmer's family. It is deemed
the post of honour and given to them, as they are gen. the most
expert and careful reapers. The other reapers are understood to
keep always a little behind those who have this honourable station,
which is therefore also called the foremost rig (JAM.). Edb. The
ha-rig rins fu' fast a•wa,Har'stKig(I^g4) n,ed. 1801. Rxb. JAM.)
6. inf. An exclamation used by the master or mistress
of a house to keep order at an entertainment. w.Yks.2
[6. A hall, a hall ! give room ! and foot it, girls ! SHAKS.
R.S*J. i. v.28.]
HALL, sb.2 Som. Cor. Also written haul Som. ; and
in form hale Cor. The fruit and tree of the hazel, Corylus
Avellana ; gen. in comp. Hall-nut. Som., Cor. (B. & H.),
Cor.12 See Halse, s*.2
HALL, sb.a Dev. Cor. Also written hawl Dev. (HALL.)
In comp. (i) Hall-eve, the eve of Ash Wednesday ; (2)
-Monday, the day before Shrove Tuesday ; (3) -night, see
(i) ; (4) -Sunday, the Sunday before Shrove-tide ; (5)
•Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday. Cf. hallow, sb.1
(INI Dev. ' His nose smells of Hall Eve,' i.e. has the smell of
good meat yet in it, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 199. (2) Cor. On the
day termed ' Hall ' Monday, which precedes Shrove Tuesday,
about the dusk of the evening it is the custom for boys ... to prowl
about the streets with short clubs, and to knock loudly at every
door, running off to escape detection on the slightest sign of
a motion within. If, however, no attention be excited, and
especially if any article be discovered negligently exposed, or
carelessly guarded, then the things are carried away ; and on the
following morning are seen displayed in some conspicuous place,
to expose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to charac-
terise the owner, Reports R. Instit. (1842) in QuiLLER-CoucH
Hist. Polperro (1871) 151 ; Cor.1* e.Cor. Fit-Lore Jm. (1886) IV.
129. (3, 4) Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 199. (5) Dev. ;HALL.)
HALL, v. Yks. [al.] To shout, halloo.
w.Yks. When fowk o' ivry side on him is hallin an' shaatin,
Yksman. (1880) 214 ; In ordinary use about Bradford (S.P.U.).
HALL, HALLA, see Hale, sb.1, Hallow, sb.1
HALLAK, sb. Sc. A hillock.
Per. Frae hallak to hallak I haapit, My heart was as light as a
strae, DUFF Poems 133 (JAM.).
HALLAN, sb.1 Obsot. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm.
Lan. Also written hallen Sc. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Cum. Wm. ;
ballon Sc. n.Cy. ; and in forms halland Sc. ; hollan
Sc. N.I.1 ; hollen N.Cy.1 ; hollin N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 [ha'lan,
ho'lan.] 1. A partition-wall in a cottage between
the door and the fire to keep off draughts, a screen ;
the space within the partition, a porch, lobby, .or passage ;
also used attrib. Cf. haddin.
Sc. In old cottages, an inner wall built between the fire-place
and the door, and extending backwards as far as is necessary to
shelter the inner part of the house from the air of the door, when
it is opened. It is gen. composed of stone and clay to the height
of the side walls and brace. At this height the mud or cat and
clay wall begins and is carried up to the chimney top. The term
is sometimes applied to a partition of this kind extending to the
opposite wall, but the first seems to be the original sense (JAM.):
When we had passed the hallan we entered a well-sized apart-
ment, SCOTT Rcdg. (1824) Lett. iv. ne.Sc. Matthew got up an'
slept out to the hallan to put on his big coat, GRANT Keckleton, 41.
Elg. Hawky ahint the hallan main't And routed aft and sair,
COUPER Poetry \ 1804 ^ II. 57. Bnff. I hat the hallen A thump fu'
sicker, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 6a. Frf. The usual hallan, or
passage, divided the but from the ben, BARRIE Tommy (1896) xi.
Per. The latch o' the hallan was lifted in haste, STEWART Character
(1857") 23. s.Sc. Auld barn-man Davie sang wi' glee, And canty
by the hallan was he, WATSON Bards (1859) 9- Dmb- If death
cam' tirlin' at the hallan door, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 34. Rnf.
An' jinken 'bout the hallan wa', ALLAN Poems (1836) 14. Ayr.
Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, A chiel sae clever, BURNS
Past. Poetry, st. 6. Lnk. Your niece . . . was laid Down at your
hallon-side, RAMSAY Gentle Shep. (1725) 66, ed. 1783. Lth. Lassie
steek the hallan door, BRUCE Poems (1813) II. 177. Edb. He out
o'er the halland flings his een, FEKGUSSON Poems (1773) 161,
ed. 1785. Bwk. Honest Tibby, at whose fireside, inside her hollan
wa', we sat, HENDERSON Pop. Rhymes (1856) 91. Slk. I got the
back o' the hallan to keep, HOGG Tales (1838) 362, ed. 1866.
Dmf. Ance poortith came in 'yont our hallan to keek, CROMEK
Remains (1810) 51. Gall. Mid-walls through cottages, composed
of cross-bars, and overlaid with straw plastered with clay, called
cat clay, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 251, ed. 1876. Kcb. Draw
doon the blind, An' steek to the hallan door, ARMSTRONG Ingleside
(1890) 78. N.I.1 In cottages a wall called the ' hollan ' is built to
screen the hearth from the observation of any one standing at the
threshold, but in order to allow a person within to see who
approaches the door, a small hole, usually triangular, . . is made
in the hollan (s.v. Spy-hole). Uls. Sit down on that furm by the
hollan' An' I'll brisk up the fire in a jiffey, Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1858)
45. n.Cy. GROSE (1790); N.Cy.1 Often made of wickerwork,
plastered with clay, running from front door of cottage to within
the width of a door of the back wall ; N.Cy.2 A wall about 2| yds.
high. To this wall on the side next to the hearth is annexed a
sconce or screen of wood or stone. Nhb. Rouse, leave your lanely
hallens, PROUDLOCK Borderland Muse (1896) 262 ; Nhb.1 Against
this hallen it was common for the cow to stand. Dur.1 Cum. Sae
by the hallan softly creep, ANDERSON Ballads (ed. 1808) 49 ;
Some o' th' hallan, or th' mell deers, Their geylefat guts war
clearan, STAGG Misc. Poems (ed. 1805) 138. Cum., Wm. A parti-
tion, from the cross passage of old farm or country houses, which
formed a screen for some distance, to the fireside of the chief
family room. The hallan was usually finished with stone coins,
or with wood if not altogether of stone. The master's seat was
often within the hallan, and bright things hung upon its wall
(M. P.). Wm. A passage nearly four feet broad led to the other side
of the building, where, in front was the back, on the left the down
house door, and on the right the mell door, Lonsdale Mag. (1822)
III. 348. ne.Lan.1
2. Comp. (i) Hallan-drop, a mixture of soot and water
falling from the sides of a chimney ; (2) -pin, a pin fixed
upon the hallan for the purpose of hanging game or hats,
&c., upon ; (3) -post, the post at the extremity of the
sconce ; (4) -stone, the threshold, doorstep.
(i) Cum. They bed to watch for t'hallen drops, RICHARDSON
Talk (1871) 57, ed. 1876 ; Cnm.4 Wm. Manners of Wm. (1847)
13 ; Under this smoky dome, which in moist weather was con-
tinually shedding a black sooty lee, called the hallan drop, sat the
family, Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 249 ; Black sooty lye rising in
damp weather from joints of meat hung up to dry in the chimney,
BROCKETT Gl. (1846^. (2) n.Cy. (J.L.) (1783). ne.Lan.» (3)
ne.Lan.1 (4) Kcb. The ducks had drate Upo' the hallan-stane,
DAVIDSON Seasons (1789) 7.
3. A house, dwelling, cottage.
Sc. The Lord himsel ever-mair ettles it for his hallan, WADDELL
Psalms (1871) Ixviii. 16. Abd. See ye yon bit canty hallan
Jam'd against the broomy brae? STILL Cottar' s Sunday (1845) 39.
Kcd. There was yet the drouthy callan, That wadna leave the
vintner's hallan Ava that day, JAMII Muse (1844) 113. Fif. Hinds,
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plewmen, lairds, and cottar callans, That frae their spences, ha's,
and hallans, Did congregate, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 71. Rnf.
A dark smeeky hallan was ance a' our dwallin', YOUNG Pictures
(1865) 125. Lnk. Aye the first to greet the mornin', In the hallan
first asteer, NICHOLSON Idylls (1870) 29.
4. The division between two horse or cow stalls. Cum.14
5. A buttress built against a weak wall to prevent it
from falling. Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 251.
6. The space above the cross-beams of the couples of
a house. Or.I. (S.A.S.) 7. A seat of turf at the outside
of a cottage. Ayr. BURNS Gl. QAM.)
HALLAN, sb? Won I.W. Cor. Also written allan- j
Cor.3 ; and in forms aliens- Cor. ; hollan I.W.1 ; hollon
s.Wor. [ae'lan.] 1. In comp. (i) Hallan-apple, a large
apple given to each member of the family at All-Hallows-
tide ; also called Hallan ; (2) -cakes, cakes baked for All
Hallows Day ; (3) -day, All Hallows Day ; (4) -market,
the market held on All Hallows Eve; (5) -night, All
Hallows Eve ; (6) -summer, St. Luke's summer or an
Indian summer, a spell of fine weather about All Hallows
Day.
(I) Cor. Fruiterers of Penzance display large apples, known
locally as 'Aliens 'apples, Fit-Lore Jrn. (1886; IV. no; Cor.13
(2) I.W.1 (3, 4, 5) Cor.3 At St. Ives the custom is still kept up
of providing children with a large apple ("Allan apple) on Allan-
night 'xthe eve of Allhallows day— called Allan day). The market
held on Allan-night is called Allan-market. (6) s.Wor. (H.K.)
\HaIlan- is for Hallantide (q.v.).]
HALLAN, sb? N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 [ha'lan.] The young of
the coal-fish when about five inches long.
HALLAND, see Hallow, sb.1
HALLANSHAKER, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also written
halan-, halin- Sc. ; hallen- Sc. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 ; and in form
hellenshaker Sc. [ha'lanjakar.] A ragged fellow,
a vagabond or beggar ; a knave, rascal ; also used attrib.
Sc. I, and a wheen hallenshakers like myscll . . . built this bit
thing here, SCOTT Antiquary (1816) iv. Sh.I. A very hallanshaker
loon, ib. Pirate (1822) v. Bch. Staakin about like a hallen-shaker,
FORBES Jrn. (1742 15. Frf. 'Only a puir gypsy your honour.'
. . . ' Only a wandering hallenshaker,' BARRIE Minister (1891) xiii.
Rnf. Tho' something halanshaker-like, Ye'll may be own that I
Some feelings hae, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 207. Ayr. Some
hallen-shakers nearer hame, THOM Amusements (1812) 17. Lnk.
Nodding to Jouks of Hallenshaker, RAMSAY Poems (1721) an.
Lth. Ye fell clootyraker ! ye vile halanshaker, SMITH Merry
Bridal (1866) 10. Edb. It sets him weel, the bloodthirsty Gehazi,
the halinshaker ne'er-do-weel ! MOIR Mansie Wauch (1828) xxvii.
Slk. Great muckle hallanshaker cuff, HOGG Tales (1838) 78, ed. 1866.
Feb. You. ye hellenshaker villain! AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (1836) 127.
N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Obs. Cum. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 304 ; Cum.4
Hence Hallanshaker-looking, adj. ragged, unkempt,
like a tramp.
Edb. He was a wauf, hallanshaker-looking chield, MOIR Mansie
Wauch (1828) xiv.
[Sic knavis and crakkaris. Sic halland schekkaris,
DUNBAR Poems (c. 1510), ed. Small, II. 83.]
HALLANTIDE, sb. Irel. I.Ma. Lin. Nhp. Wor. Shr.
Glo. Bck. Hrt. I.W. Wil. Som. Cor. Also in forms
ballon- n.Lin.1 Nhp.2; hollan- I.Ma. I.W.1; Holland- Ir.
Glo. Bck. Hrt. The season of All Saints, the first week of
November. See All-hallow(s.
Ir. Holland-tide at the Big House, KENNEDY Evenings Duffrey
(1869) 91. I.Ma. I have not seen her since hollantide (S.M.) ;
I don't think it's ten years since he died— ten would it be, for
hollantide ? BROWN Doctor (1887) 130. n.Lin.1 Obs. Nhp.2 From
Michaelmas to Hallon-tide was the old rule for the period of
sowing wheat. s.Wor. (H.K.) Shr.1 Obsol. Glo. Last night
were Hollantide eve, and where the wind is at Hollandtide it will
stick best part of the winter, GIBBS Cotswold Vill. (1898) 388;
Glo.1 Bck. If ducks do slide at Hollandtide, At Christmas they
will swim ; If ducks do swim at Hollandtide, At Christmas they
will slide, Flk-Lore Rec. (.1881) IV. 128; N. V Q. (1874) sth S. i.
383. Hrt. Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 28. I.W.1 Wil. BRITTON
Beauties (1825) ; Wil.1 Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825) ;
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 'Twas a ter'ble hard winter tho —
I mind 'twas nort but vrost and snow vrom Hallantide [aa-luntuyd]
gin Can'lmas. Cor.12 [ Set trees at All Hallo'ntide, and command
them'to prosper, SWAINSON Weather Flk-Lore (1873) 143.]
VOL, III.
[At Hallontide, slaughter time entereth in, and then
doth the husbandmans feasting begin, TUSSER Husb.
(1580) 55-1
HALLE, HALLEDGE, HALLEGE, HALLENS, see
Hallow, sb.1, Harriage, Halflins.
HALLENS, sb. pi. Obs. Abd. In phr. to go by the
hallens, to go by holds as a child. SHIRREFS Poems ( 1709)
Gl. Cf. haal.
HALLI-, see Holy.
HALLIBLASH, sb. n.Cy. Lan. Der. Also written
hallyblash Lan. [h)a'liblaj.] A great blaze. See
Blash, sb.2
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Lan. I'st ha set th' how leath on a halli-
blash, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (1740) 17 ; Aw'd mak a' hally-blash
ov every factory i' Englandshire, BRIERLF.Y Irkdale (1865) 7, ed.
1868; Lan.1 Der. He and his loike '11 mak a halliblash of us aw
soon, WARD David Grieve (1892) III. bk. x.
HALLIDAY, see Holiday.
HALLIE, sb. Abd. (JAM.) Also in form hallyie.
Romping diversion.
HALLIER, see Halyear, Haulier.
HALLIHOE, sb. Cor. Also written hallyhoe Cor.2
The skipper fish, Scotnberesox saurus. Cor.12 [SATCHELL
(1879).]
HALLINES.si. Nhb.1 Also written haliness. [ha'linas.]
A Sunday holiday walk.
HALLINS, see Halflins.
HALLION, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Also in forms
haalyan Cai.1 ; million Sc. Ir. [ha'lian.] LA clown, a
clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp, a sloven,
a rascal.
Sc. We're just takin' tern doon to Stirling — ta curst hallions tat
ta are, FORD Thistledown (1891) 319; FRANCISQUE-MICHEL Sc.
Lang. (1882) 179. e.Fif. Man, ye're a rammelsome hallion, LATTO
Tarn Bodkin (1864) vi. Ayr. An' tirl the hallions to the birses,
BURNS Address to Beelzebub, 1. 36. Gall. Brave hallions twa. Laird
Nurgle and Laird Nabble, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 80, ed.
1876. Kcb. But should some rustic hallion see thee here In thy
luxuriant pastime, DAVIDSON Seasons ^i-;8cj; 26. N.I.1 Ant.
Ballymcna Obs. (1892) ; A fat, dirty, untidy woman (W.H.P.).
N.Cy.1 Nhb. No man wou'd have thought any hallion Could ever
have acted the thing, RITSON Gar/. (1810) 61 ; And byeth tar and
feather the hallion that dar', WILSON Poems 1 1843) 128 > Nhb.1, Cum.1
2. A gentleman's servant out of livery; aninferiorservant
employed to do odd jobs. Abd., Rxb. (JAM.)
3. An overbearing, quarrelsome woman of vulgar
manners. Bwk. (ib.)
HALLIOR, sb. ? Obs. Sc. In phr. the moon is in the
hallior, the moon is in her last quarter, is much in the wane.
Abd. It is a saying among our people, whenever they mistake one
object for two, that the moon is in the hallior, or clouded, and at
such times they are winnel-skewed, or their eyes deceive them,
PENROSE /;•«. (1815) III. 83 (JAM.).
HALLIRACKIT,rtrf/. Abd.(G.W) Giddy, hare-brained.
HALLIRAKUS, sb. Sc. A giddy, hare-brained per-
son ; also used attrib.
Abd. Fat keeps that hallirakus scum, The tailor, at he winna
come, BEATTIE Parings (1803) 28, ed. 1873. Abd., Rnf. QAM.)
HALLOCK, v., sb. and adj. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Der Also written hallok- Sc. ; and in forms allack
e Yks J w. Yks. ; halic- Sc. ; hallach Sc. Bnff.1 ; hallack
Yks w Yks 5 nw.Der.1 ; hallak- Sc. Wm. w.Yks. ; hal-
lich Sc. (JAM.) Bnff.1; hallic(k Sc. ; hallik Sc. GAM.)
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. ; haluck- Sc. ; bollock w.Yks.2 ; hollok
w Yks [h)a'lak.] 1. v. To behave in a foolish, noisy
way. See Halok. Bnff.1, Cld., Lth. GAM.)
Hence (i) Hallachan, sb. noisy, foolish conduct; (2)
Hallachin, ppl. adj. noisy, foolish, ib.
2. To idle away time; to loiter, loaf, play. Gen. with about.
Cum.4 Wm. He wad rayder hallak aboot t'public hoose ner
work (B.K.X n.Yks.4 If he isn't risting up agaain a wall, he'll be
hallocking sumwheear. ne.Yks.1 He gans hallockin' aboot frev
hoos ti hoos. e.Yks.1 w.Yks. He's holloking abaat, Hlfx. Courier
(May 15, 1897) ; Two texts, sich as a mannyfactrer wod like to
see hung up i' t'miln to stare at his hands when they wor allackin
asteead o' workin', Yksman. (Oct. 1898) 362; w.Yks.2 He's always
hollocking about with a parcel of idle fellows ; w.Yks.5, nw.Der.1
F
HALLOCKIT
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HALLOW
Hence ( i) Hallacker, sb. an idle fellow ; (2) Hallacking,
(a) sb. a foolish person ; (b) ppl. adj. idle, lazy, trifling,
loitering.
(i) w.Yks. He is a hallocker abaht, Leeds Merc. Suppl.fOct. 21,
1893). (a, a) m/Yks.1 w.Yks. HAMILTON JVugae Lit. (1841) 354.
(6) Wm. A gurt hallaken thing— she wad gang oot any fashion
(B.K.). n-Yks.1 w.Yks. Tha'd turn aght a idle hallockin' haand,
HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1878) 47; w.Yks.5 Gen. coupled with'stoit.'
' A gurt hallacking stoit.'
3. To tease, worry, bully.
n.Yks. Thoo'l hallock me to death (T.S.) ; n.Yks.2 They
hallock'd me an end [urged me forward].
Hence (i )Hallocked, ppl. adj. teased, harassed. n.Yks.1;
(2) Hallocking, ppl. adj. teasing, bullying ; boisterous,
rough, rude. n.Yks.', w.Yks. (J.W.)
4. sb. A tall, lazy, ungainly Fellow ; a rough,, uncouth
person. Also called Hallacks.
Cum.4 w.Yks.5 Goa wesh thee faace thou gurt hallacks !
5. A tiring affair, as a lengthy journey.
n.Yks.2 It's a lang hallock.
6. adj. Crazy. Abd. (JAM.)
HALLOCKIT, ppl. adj. Sc. Nhb. Also in forms
hal(l)ach'd Abd. ; -aket Edb. ; -egirt Sh.I. ; -icat Frf. ;
•ickit Lth. Gall. ; -icut Per. ; -igateNhb.1; -igitS.&Ork.1
Nhb.1 ; -uckit Sc. Bnff. Rnf. ; hullockit Ayr. [ha'lakit]
Wild, romping ; light, giddy ; crazy, half-witted ; also as
sb. a noisy, restless person ; a romp, a hoyden. See
Hallock, v.
Sc. And shangy-mou'd halucket Meg, HERD Coll. Sngs. (1776)
II. 25. Sh.I. Ance upon a day I wis light-hearted an' hallegirt
enough, STEWART Tales (1892) 52. S. & Ork.1 Bnff. Let poets
crack o' fragrant brose, . . . They're halucket, Common' me
to a haggis, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 144. Abd. Hallach'd and
damish'd, and scarce at her sell, Ross Helenore ( 1 768) 23, ed.
1812. Frf. A muckle halicat bruit o' the mastiff breed, WIL-
LOCK Rosetty Ends (18861 134, ed. 1889. Per. He's hallicut an'
wild, he's gane ower his mither's thoomb, FORD Harp (1893) 151.
w.Sc. A hair-brained hallica't hissey, CARRICK Laird of Logan
(1835) 91. e.Fif. John McBrian's auldest dochter, a daft ram-stam
hollokit quean, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxiv. Rnf. Quo' Lizzy
to halucket Jannock, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 85. Ayr. (J.M.);
The snash and impiddence of hullockit haverals and thochtless
fules. SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 114. Lth. Hallickit Meg
frae Fisherraw, SMITH Merry Bridal (1866) 5. Edb. Wi's reefart-
nosed, blae-cheeked wife, Hallaket Jess, the tawpy, Carlop Green
(1793) 128, ed. 1817. Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824). Nhb.1
A greet halligit lass.
HALLOE, HALLON, see Hallow, sb.2, Hallan, sb.1
HALLOO, see Hallow, adj.
HALLOP, v. and sb. Sc. [ha'lap.] 1. v. To frisk
about, to be precipitate in one's movements. Fif. (JAM.)
Hence (i) Halloper, sb. one who is giddy or precipitate.
ib. ; (2) Hallopin, ppl. adj. unsteady, unsettled, foolish, ib.
2. sb. A hasty, precipitate person.
Gall. Black Jock wad to a neebor farm To get mair aid the
hallop, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 499, ed. 1876.
HALLOW, sb.1 Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. Wai. Wor.
e.An. Som. Also in forms hala- Sh.I.; halla- Sc.
ne.Lan.1 ; halle- N.Cy.1 ; hollow- Ir. Wai. Wor. [Sc. and
n.Cy. ha'l.i. j In comb, (i) Hallow-day, (a) All Saints' or
All Hallows Day ; (b) a holiday ; (2) -een or -eve(n, the
eve of All Saints' Day ; also called Halloween-night ; (3)
-een bleeze, a bonfire kindled on Halloween ; (4) -fair,
a fair held in the beginning of November ; (5) -fire, see
(3) ; (6) -market, a market held on All Saints' Day ; (7)
•mas, All Saints' Day ; the season of All Hallows, the first
week of November; also used attrib.; (8)-masrade,thename
given tothegeneral assembly of witchesand ' warlocks ' sup-
posed to have been held at this time ; (9) -tide night, see (2).
(i, a) Sc. QAM. i Ayr. There would be ither words amang
your win' afore auld Halla'-day, AINSLIE Land of Burns (ed. 1892)
28. Slk. It was on ane hallow-day, HOGG Poems (ed. 1865) 367.
(b) e-An.1, e.Snf. (F.H.) (a Sc. It was believed that if, on
Hallowe'en, any person should go round one of these [fairy
hillocks nine times, contrary to the course of the sun, a door
would open, by which he would be admitted into the realms o
fairyland, FORD Thistledown (1891) 263; To haud Halloween, to
observe the childish or superstitious rites appropriated to this
evening (JAM.). Sh.1. ' Auld Halloween' and taking in the sheep
rom the fields occurred generally about the same time, STEWART
Tales (1892) 78. Cai.1 Abd. It was i' the go-hairst, weel ^on
to Halloween, Deestde Tales (1872) 91. e.Sc. From Hallowe'en
to Hogmanay, and the year was at an end, SETOUN Sunshine
1895) 2. Per. Heath, broom, and dressings of flax are tied upon
u pole. This faggot is then kindled ; one takes it upon his shoul-
ders and running bears it round the village ; a crowd attend.
When the first faggot is burnt out, a second is bound to the pole
and kindled in the same manner as before. Numbers of these
jlazing faggots are often carried about together and when the
night happens to be dark they form a splendid illumination. This
is Halloween. Statist. Ace. V. 84, 85 (JAM.). w.Sc. For several
days before Hallowe'en, boys and youths collected wood and
conveyed it to the most prominent places on the hill sides in their
neighbourhood. . . After dark on Hallowe'en, these heaps were
kindled. . . At the beginning of this century men as well as boys
took part, and when the fire was ablaze, all joined hands and
danced round the fire ; ... as these gatherings generally ended
in drunkenness and rough and dangerous fun, the ministers set
their faces against the observance, and so the practice was dis-
continued by adults and relegated to school boys, NAPIER Flk-Lore
(1879' 179-80. Rnf. Whether it was on hallowe'en . . . She
couldna, 'twas sae lang since syne, Just be exact, WEBSTER
Rhymes (1835) 23. Ayr. Hallowe'en among us is a dreadfu' night!
witches and warlocks, and a' lang-nebbit things, hae a power and
a dominion unspeakable on Hallowe'en, GALT Gilhaize (1823) xvii ;
It was Halloween : . . the wee callans were at it already, rinning
aboot wi' their fause-faces on and their bits o' turnip lanthrons in
their haun, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 40. Lnk. The serio-comic
drama acted by our peasant fathers on Halloween nicht, with its
absurd, yet amusing, and sometimes fatal superstitious observances,
HAMILTON Poems (1865) 184. Dmf. This song was his favourite,
and he usually sung it at Halloweens, at Kirk-suppers, and other
trystes, CROMEK Remains (1810) 19. Gall. When those creatures
called ' Gian Carlins ' wont to meet with any one alone on
Hallowe'en night, they stuffed it with beer awns and butter.
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 58, ed. 1876. s.Ir. Of a Hollow-eve
night he'd find more gold, CROKER Leg. (1862) 327. n.Cy. Hey
how for Hallowe'en When all the witches are to be seen, Denhani
Tracts(ed. 1895) II. 79 ; N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, ne.Lan.1 (3; Sc. In some parts
of Sc. it is customary on this evening for young people to kindle fires
on the tops of hills or rising grounds. A fire of this kind they call a
Halloween blaze (JAM.). (4) Sc. (ib.) Lth. 'Mang Hallowfair's
wild noisy brattle Thou'st foughten mony a weary battle, BALLAN-
TINE Poems i 1856) 66. Edb. At Hallow-fair, whare brovvsters
rare Keep gude ale, FERGUSSON Poems 1773) 131. ed. 1785; The
bard, wha sang o' Hallow-fair, New Year's Morning fi792) 7. 5)
Sc. Now the Hallow-fire when kindled is attended by children
only, Statist. Ace. XXI. 145 (JAM.). 6) Fif. Daddie's gane to
Hallow-market, DOUGLAS Poems ^1806) 84. ,7) Sh.I. At Hallow-
mas I commenced my duties as a teacher, STEWART Tales (1892)
57 ; The Hallowmas roup, or cattle sale, was going to come off
shortly, NICOLSON Aithstin' Hedder (1898) 9. Cai.1 Ayr. As
bleak-faced Hallowmass returns, BURNS Two Dogs (1786) 1. 123.
Lth. When Hallowmas swept bleak the plain, A fleet of ships stood
o'er the Forth, LUMSDEN Sheep-head ' 1892) 33. Edb. At Hallow-
mas, whan nights grow lang, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 131, ed.
1785. Dmf. Sung the season's dying lay, When hallowmas was
past, SHENNAN Tales (1837) 149. s.Wor. (H. K.) w.Som.1 We
always reckons to pay our Michaelmas rent to Hallowmas
[t-au-lurmus]. (8) Sc. (JAM.) Dmf. The peasantry . . . were wont
to date their age from them ; thus : ' I was christened o' the Sun-
day after Tibbie Fleucher's Hallowmass Rade,' CROMEK Remains
( 1810) 276. (9) Wai. Pastimes of Hallow Eve are still kept up in
Wales on ' Hollowtide Night ' — the name by which it is there
known, Monthly Pckt, (Dec. 1863) 678.
[ For explanation of Hallow see All-hallow(s.]
HALLOW, sb.2 Sh.I. Also written halloe. A bunch
of straw or hay tied round the middle with a rope twisted
of the same material. Also called Hallow-twist.
Haes doo plenty o' hallows fir da kye's supper, daa ? S/i. News
(Mar. n, 1899); Makkin' da strae up in hallows reddy ta lay afore
da baess, ib. (Nov. 26, 1898) ; Du'll gie dem a halloe tweest every
twa, JUNDA Klingrahool (1898) 24 ; S. & Ork.1
HALLOW, adj., adv., sb.3 and v. Sc. Yks. Also in
form halloo n.Yks.2 1. adj. Hollow, sunken.
Cai.1 Abd. Sometimes also the flesh is sunk in and hallow,
Belfs Trial of Witchcraft in LAW Memor. (1818) Pref. 32 0AM.).
Rnf. Phoebus, glowin' fallow, Has owre the wastlan' hills shot
hallow, YOUNG Pictures (1865) 167.
HALL'S DOG
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HALSE
2. adv. Completely, surpassingly, 'hollow.' n.Yks.2
fs.v. Hollow.)
3. sb. A hollow; valley.
Sh.I. Snipe call frae the flossy hallow, BURGESS Sketches (anded.)
80. Cai.1 Rnf. There was Tarn that wins down in the hallow,
WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 4. Lth. O'er green knowe and flowery
hallow, Till they reached the cot-house door, MACNEILL Poet. Wks.
(1801) 163, ed. 1856.
4. v. To make hollow. Cai.1, Abd. (JAM.)
HALL'S DOG, phr. Nrf. In saying as lazy as Hal? s dog.
' As lazy as Hall's dog ' : he was so lazy he used to lean up against
the wall to bark (E.M.I.
HALLUM, sb. Lth. (JAM.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] The woody part of flax.
RALLY, HALLY-LOO, see Holy, Holyrood.
HALLYOCH, sb. Sc. A strange gabbling noise, esp.
that heard when listening to a strange tongue.
Gall. A club of Manxmen together are said to haud an unco
gabbie labbie o' a hallyoch wi' ither, MACTAGGART Encvd. (1824'}
252, ed. 1876.
HALM, see Haulm.
HALMOT, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Ken. Sus. Also in form
halimote Sus. The court of the lord of a manor, held in
the hall, a court-baron ; also called Halmot-court.
N.Cy.1, Ken.1 Sus. The Court Baron of Brighton manor was
known by this name in the 171(1 century (F.E.S.).
fOE. * heall-gemot, a hall-meeting.]
HALOK, sb. Obs. s.Sc. (JAM.) Also written haloc ;
and in forms hailick, hallik. A light, thoughtless girl, a
giddy young woman.
[Hutit be the halok lase a hunder ;eir of eild ! DUNBAR
Tua Mariit Went. (1508) 465.]
HALO(W, see Heloe.
HALPED, ppl. adj. I.W. Crippled. (HALL.)
HALPISH,^. Obs. Wxf.1 Hardship.
HALSE, sb.1 and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written hals Sc. ; and in forms haas Cai.1 ; hass
Sc. N.Cy.2 Nhb.1; hause Sc. N.Cy.12 Nhb.1 Lakel.1 Cum
Wm. n.Yks.124 m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Lan. ne.Lan.1; haws(e
Sc. Cum.1 Wm. n.Yks. ; hawze n.Cy. ; helse Cum.1 ;
hoce Cum.1 ;_ horse w.Yks. ; hose N.Cy.2 Cum. w.Yks.
[has, has, h)9S.] 1. sb. The neck.
Sc. She bare a horn about her halse, AYTOUN Ballads (ed. 1861')
I. 29. Sh.I. What the lad has round his halse, SCOTT Pirate (18221
v. Or.I. Awaa gid Gilpin, has ar nokht [Awa' gied Gilpin, hass
or naught], Oread. J. Gilpin, st. 25, in ELLIS Pronunc. vi88g) V.
806. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Denham Tracts (ed. 1892) 288 ; Nhb.1 Cum. Gl.
(1851). Vim. Appleby Monthly Messenger (Apr. 1891,; (K.) n.Yks.14
Hence Hausin, adj. belonging to the neck.
Wm. Fine lin' shirt wie a girt hausin ruffel, WHEELER Dial.
(179°) 56.
2. Comp. (i) Hause-band, a collar, necklace ; (2) -bane,
the collar-bone ; (3) -lock, the wool growing on the neck
of a sheep.
(i) N.Cy.1 There's silk in your white hause-band, Old Sag.
Nhb.1 (a) Sc. Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out
his bonny blue een, SCOTT Minstrelsy (1802) II. 360, ed. 1848.
Dmf. The wecht o't maun tell on his white hause-bane, REID
Poems (1894) 97. Gall. That rise beneath the chin and throat,
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 257, ed. 1876. (3) Bch. Right weel
we wat they're hashlock oo, The best 'at e'er was creesh't, TARR AS
Poems (1804) 94 JAM.). Ayr. I coft a stane o' haslock woo',
BURNS The cat-din' o't, sL I. Lnk. A tartan plaid spun o' good
hawslock woo, RAMSAY Gentle Shep. (1725) i. i. Edb. Her breasts
are whiter than the snow, . . Softer than hauss-locks of the ew,
PENNECUIK Helicon (1720) 160.
3. The throat, gullet, windpipe.
Sh.I. (Coll. L.L.B.) Cai.1 Elg. Shame and despair roar't in his
hause, COUPER Poetry (1804) 11.88. Bnff. Tell them either to grow
wise, Or cut their hawses, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 191. Abd. The
deevil o' drink has me by the hause, MACDONALD Sir Gibbie, vi.
Rnf. With bread and cheese their bellies cram, And synde their
hauses with a dram, M°GILVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 39. Ayr. It
was to be expecket, considering the spark in my hass, that the
first use I would mak o' the freedom o' the Reformation would be
to quench it, GALT Gilhaize (1823) v. Lnk. Stoups a Froth aboon
the hause, RAMSAY Poems (1721) 30. e.Lth. As if a haill regent
tattie had gotten into and stuck fast in my hause, MUCKLEBACKIT
Rhymes (1885) 173. Edb. A gill comes in, he weets his hause
BALLANTINE Gaberlunsie (ed. 1875) 206. Dmf. Nae caller streams
lo weet their hasses, MAYNE Siller Gun (1808) 32. Gall. If one
part of the oath fell to hindering the other and fighting in his hass
it was not his fault, CROCKETT Moss-Hags (1895) xxxiv n Cy'
GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.1 =, Nhb.1 Cum. Twea or three let-downs o'
yell Suon set their hawses free, STAGG Misc. Poems (ed 1805)
132 ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.1 n. Yks. Sfie'l macke them late their teeth,
naunt, m their hawse, MERITON Praise Ale (1684) 1. 604 ; n.Yks.1 ;
n.Yks.2 ' A brave hause,' a wide gullet or good swallow a loud
voice ; n.Yks.«, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781).
4. Phr. (i) the pap of the hass, the uvula; cf. hask, sb.3 •
(2) to be butter in the black dog's hause, to be past recovery •
to be no help for anything ; (3) to go down, or into, the
wrong hause, of food, &c. : to go down the wrong way in
the throat.
(i) Sc. Gapin' as if ye had a barley awn sticking in the pap o'
yerhass, OCHILTREE Redburn (1895) v; I'm fash'd wi' an unco
kittlin' i' the paup o' my hass, FORD Thistledown (1891) 116 ; It's
an unco kittlin' in the paup o' the hass, DICKSON Auld Precentor
(1894) 62. (a) Sc. It wad hae been butter in the black dog's
hause, SCOTT Antiquary (1816) xxxviii ; (JAM.) Ayr. It was like
butter in the black dog's hass for Jenny to get haud of a hole in
my coat like this, SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 103. (3) Sc.
When a particle of food or drop of liquid goes into the windpipe,
it is vulgarly said that it has gone into the wrang hause (JAM.).
Cai.1 Ayr. Something gaed doon the wrang hass, and sic a fit o'
hoastin' cam on, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 28. Edb. She was
suffocated, the foul air having gone down her wrong hause, MOIR
Mansie Wauch (1828) xix. N.Cy.1
5. A rope to tie round a horse's neck in place of
a halter. Cum.1
6. That part of a chimney where the smoke passes out
of sight.
Cum. Used by old people, M & Q. (1878) 5th S. x. 273.
7. A defile, a narrow passage between mountains ; a
narrow connecting ridge.
Sc. A storm is coming down from the Cairn-brae-hawse and we
shall have nothing but a wild night, Lights and Shadows (1822) 114
(JAM.). Dmf. Atween aud Mennock-hass There is a cosy biel',
REID Poems (1894) 133. Gall. Over there by the halse of the pass,
CROCKETT Bog-Myrtle (.1895) 295. Lakel.1 Used of the passes
over the lower fells which separate the valleys of Lakeland, as
Scatoller Hause. Cum. Haws out o' number, nae country can
bang, ANDERSON Ballads (1805) 106; Cum.1 w.Yks. HUTTON Tour
to Caves (1781). ne.Lan.1
8. A shallow in a river. Mry. Agric. Surv. Gl. (JAM.)
9. v. To embrace, hug, take in the arms.
Sc. He hawsed, he kissed her, And ca'd her his sweet. CHAMBERS
Sngs. (1829. I. 2. s.Sc. Nae blythsume wean has she To halse
hir necke, WATSON Bards (1859) in. Ayr. As he halsit her in
the parks by the Boag, SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 253. Kcb.
To come nigh . . . and hause him, and embrace him, RUTHERFORD
Lett. (1660) No. 69. n.Cy. GROSE 1,1790) ; N.Cy.2 Lan. ' An' arc
yo hausin' too?" said Sally, BRIERLEY Cast upon World 1^1886) 290.
Hence Hawse and ney, phr. a nursery term meaning
' kiss me and I am pleased.' Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl.
(1824) 273, ed. 1876.
[1. Wi[> a rughe skyn ho heled his hals, Cursor M. (c.
!3oo) 3677. OE. heals. 3. Hals, throte, gutter,- Prompt.
9. I halse one, I take hym aboute the necke, j'e accolle,
PALSGR. (1530) ; Come halse me, the myrth of our morne,
York Plays (c. 1400) 445.]
HALSE, sb.z Irel. Som. Dev. Also in forms alls Dev.4
n.Dev. ; alse Dev.; hawlse Wxf.1 [ijils, 51s.] 1. The
hazel, Corylus Avellana. Also used attrib. Cf. hall, sb?
Wxf.1 Som. A halse coppice, W. & J. Gl. (1873); N. & Q.
(J877) 5th S. viii. 358. w.Som.1 Dev. A man said he had put
'an 'alse 'andle ' into his hammer, Reports Provinc. (1877) 131 ;
For the bottom of the basket he would lay hands on hedge willow
or halse, or any other ' old stuff,' Longman's Mag. (Oct. 1897)
509 ; Dev.4
Hence Halsen, adj. made of hazel.
Som. If they didn' chain thik there poor fakket up under they
halsen withes so as he couldn' bust, RAYMOND Sam and Sabina
(1894)25. w.Som.1 A hazel-rod is always a 'halsen stick.' s.Dev.
In that part of Devonshire which skirts the south-east of Dartmoor,
the prevalent equivalent for hazel wood is ' 'alsen 'ood,' ^V. & Q.
^ 1874) sth S. ii. 204.
F 2
HALSEN
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HALVE
2. Comp. (i) Halse-bushes, (a) hazel-bushes; (b) the
common alder, Alnus glutinosa ; (2) -nut, a hazel-nut.
(i,a)Dev.4 (6) n.Dev. (3) n.Dev. 'A did es halse-nits theeve,
ROCK Jim an Nell (1867) st. na.
3. The wych-elm, Ulmus montana. w.Som. (B.& H.)
HALSEN, v. and sb. Hmp. Dor. Som. Dev. Cor. Also
in forms ausney Dor. Som. n.Dev. ; halzen Dev. ; haw-
sen Som. ; hazen Dor.1 ; hilssen s.Hmp. Dor.1 ; housen
Som. ; oseny e.Som. ; osney Dur. Som. [alzan, §'z3n.]
1. v. To predict, divine, conjecture ; to forebode evil,
anticipate bad news ; to speak evil.
s.Hmp. Now don't ye hiessenny like that, VERNEY L. Lisle ( 1870)
xiv. Dor. (W.C.); HAYNES Voc. (c. 1730) in N. & Q. (1883) 6th
S. vii. 366; Dor.1 ' Til rain avore night.' ' There, don't ye hies-
senny,' Gl. Som. Don't 'e houseny (E.N.) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873) ;
Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 126. e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1
You never don't hear her zay no good by nobody, but her'll halseny
[aa'lznee, rarely pron. oa'znee] all the day long 'bout everybody.
Dev.1 As zoon as you halseny I'm about to break my meend — whip
sissa ! you be ago, 34. n.Dev. I ausney zich a' farra', ROCK Jim
an Nell (1867) st. 60.
Hence Halsening, vbl. sb. predicting or speaking evil.
e.Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 Dev. Concerning the
general morality of [her] conduct no amount of ' halzening ' could
be considered as an exaggeration, MADOX-BROWN Dwale Bluth
(1876) bk. i. v. joa. n.Dev. Oil vor . . . halzening, or cuffing a
tale, Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 298; In phr. ' hoaling and halzening,'
picking holes, and suggesting the worst that can happen, Home
Subsecivae (1777) 213. Cor. At Little Colan, ... on Palm
Sunday, Carew says : ' Sought at our Lady Nant's well ... to fore
knowe . . . fortune . . . resorted with a palme crosse . . . and an
offring. The offring fell to the priest's share ... a foolish conceite
of this " halsening,"' Flk-I.oreJrn. (1886) IV. 223.
2. sb. A guess. n.Dev. Handbk. (ed. 1877) 258.
[1. Cp. OHG. heilison, ' augurari' heilisdri, ' augur,
aruspex* (GRAFF), cogn. w. ON. heill, an omen, auspice,
foreboding (VIGFUSSON). We may also cp. ME. halsien,
to adjure (CHAUCER C. T. B. 1835).]
HALSER, sb. Sc. A hawser.
Fif. Fix'd are the halsers to the folk-clad shores, TENNANT^4«6'to
(1812) 40, ed. 1815.
[Alsantire, a halsier in a ship, FLORID ; With well-
wreath'd halsers hoisc Their white sails, CHAPMAN
Odysseys (1615) n. 609.]
HALSH, v. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. War.
Bdf. Also in forms halch Nhb. w.Yks.2 Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 ;
hilch War. ; holsh Bdf. [h)al/.] 1. v. To fasten, tie ;
to knot, noose, loop, twist.
w.Yks. T'bobbins bin halshed i' t'windin hoile (W.C.S.) ;
w.Yks.12 ; w.Yks.5 Halsh that band up. Lan. A taugh clooas line
halshed round their throttles, CLEGG Sketches (1895) 398; Halsh
those two poles t'gether (S.W.). ne.Lan.1, m.Lan.1 Chs.1 To
tie a rope in a peculiar way round timber or stone which is to be
hoisted; Chs.3 Halsh the rope. nw.Der.1, War. (J.R.W.) Bdf.
BATCHELOR Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 135.
2. To embrace. Cf. halse, sb.1 9.
Nhb. He halched him right curteouslie, RICHARDSON Borderer's
Table-bk. (1846) VI. 51. w.Yks.i
3. sb. A noose, loop, a slip-knot ; a twist, turn. Also in
comp. Halsh-knot.
w.Sc. Margaret Reid, . . suspect of witchcraft, confessed she
put a woman newlie delivered, thrice through a green halshe,
NAPIER Flk-Lore (1879) 131. w.Yks. SCATCHERD Hist. Morley
(1839) Gl.; (J.T.); BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865); w.Yks.3, Lan.1,
e.Liin.1, m.Lan. ', Chs.3
[1. Quat gome so is gorde with bis grene lace, While he
hit hade hemely halcned aboute her is no habel vnder
heuen to hewe nym bat my3t, Gawayne (c. 1360) 1852.]
HALT, sb.1 Sc. Bck. Dev. 1. A defect.
Ayr. When he spies in me a halt, Me secretly to tell the fault,
FISHER Poems (1790) 67.
2. Rheumatism.
Dev. HUNT Pop. Rom. tv.Eng. (1865) 413, ed. 1896.
3. In sheep : the foot-rot.
Bck. ELLIS Mod. Husb. (1750) IV. i.
HALT, sb.2 Som. Animal denosit. (HALL.)
HALT, v. Yks. Not. [olt] To hesitate.
w.Yks. Duant olt sa mils (J.W.). s.Not. He halted an' halted ;
at last he said he'd goo (J.P.K.). [How long halt ye between
two opinions? BIBLE i Kings xviii. ai.]
HALTER, sb. and v. Sc. Yks. Chs. Shr. Nrf. Dor.
Som. Dev. Also in forms auter Shr.1 ; awter Chs.1 ;
hauter s.Chs.1 ; belter ne.Yks.1 [§-lta(r),§-to(r).] 1. sb.
In phr. (i) as mad as a tup in a halter, (2) to play the
halter, to inflict punishment ; (3) what the halter, an ex-
clamation, ' what the deuce.'
(i) Shr.1 It is commonly said of a person in impotent rage that
he is 'as mad as a tup in a 'auter.' (a) Chs.1 (3) s.Chs.1
2. Comp. (i) Halter-path, a bridle-path, horse-road ; (2)
•shank, a cart-rope.
;'i) Dor. Gl. (1851) ; Dor.1 w.Som.1 There are still many of
these left in the Hill district where, since my recollection, pack-
horses were the chief mode of transit. Across a farm of my own
is a very ancient [au'ltur paa'th], called ' Hart's Path,' which was
never wide enough for two horses to walk abreast. (2) ne.Yks.1
A long halter shank or cart rope is attached.
3. A hair noose for catching trout and eels. nw.Dev.1
4. A bridle. Nrf. (F.H.)
5. v. To bridle ; to bridle a colt for the first time. Also
used fig.
Sc. Ony hale-hearted halsome hissie, that wants to halter a good
husband, GRAHAM Writings (1883, II. 154; He halters the black
mare, it. 32. w.Som.1 I had'n a rough colt never haltered. ' I
bought an Exmoor pony for twenty-three shillings. . . When
haltered ... for the first time in his life, he proved to be two years
old,' COLLYNS, 156.
Hence Heltering, vbl. sb. the act of ' breaking in ' a
young colt or filly. ne.Yks.1
H ALTON SHIELDS, phr. Nhb. In phr. like the man
at Halton Shields ; see below.
Nhb.1 Common a while ago. This celebrated personage set off
on a journey, and, after travelling laboriously all night, found
himself at his own back door next morning, BRUCE Handbk. to
Roman Wall , 1884) 57.
HALTS, sb. pi. Cum. Wm. Also in form holts Wm.
Wicker hampers ; see below.
Cum. Halts, a pair of strong wicker hampers which were joined
by a pack saddle, and hung across a horse's back, LINTON Lake
Cy. (1864) 304. Wm. The turf or peat was conveyed from the
mosses in halts, Manners, &c. of Wm. (1847) 34 ; In the dales
bordering upon Yorkshire, the women often carried dung in holts
... on their shoulders to the fields, BRIGGS Remains (1825) 210.
HALTUGONGA, int. Sh.I. Also written haltagongi ;
and in form altagongi. An expression used by fisher-
men to check the running of a halibut that has been
hooked.
When the halibut was running with such force, that it was
feared that it might break the line, the Unst fishermen would cry
after it : 'Haltagongi,' or 'altagongi,' which means 'stop running.'
. . Said in English this would have no effect on the fish, but said
in Norn it was thought to be effectual and to stop the fish, J AKOBSEN
Dial. ^1897) 29; S.& Ork.1
HALUCK, see Hallock.
HALVANS, sb. pi. Dev. Cor. 1. Half produce of
labour, given instead of wages. Cor.1
Hence Halvaner, sb. one who receives half the produce
of his labour.
Cor. Boath tutwork men and tributers And halvaners, I say,
TREGELLAS Tales (1865) 17; Cor.12
2. In mining : refuse of the lode after the ore is separated
from the rock ; inferior ore.
Dev., Cor. In constant use (R.O.H.). Cor.12 [WEALE.]
Hence Halvanner, sb. a miner whose earnings arc
gained by dressing or cleaning the refuse or poorest
quality of tin-stone. Cor.3
HALVE, v.1 Lakel. Also in form hauve Lakel.2 Of
sheep : to mark by cutting away half the top of the ear.
Cum. Every shepherd's flock hes some variety in ear-marking. . .
We cut one-half of a top of the ear clean away, and we call it
under or upper halving, Helvellyn in Cornh. Mag. (Oct. 1890) 387.
Hence Hauved, adj. of a sheep : marked in such a way.
Lakel.2
HALVE, v? Som. Also in form helve. To turn
over, turn upside down. W. & J. Gl. (1873).
HALVE, see Haaf, sb.1, Haw, sb.1
HALVED
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HAMALD
HALVED,/^/- adj. Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) Golfing term:
see below.
Applied to a match which results in a drawn game. Also applied to
a hole when each party takes the same number of strokes to play it.
HALVER, sb., adj. and v. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Chs.
Also in forms haaver Sc. S. & Ork.1 Bnff.1 ; hafer s.Chs.1 ;
haffer Gall. ; halfer Sc. (JAM.) N.Cy.1 ; haver Sh.I. Abd.
[h)a'var, §'va(r.] 1. sb. Obs. One who has a moiety
or half of anything, a sharer, partner.
Kcb. Christ will have joy and sorrow halvers of the life of the
saints ... as the night and day are kindly partners and halvers of
time, RUTHERFORD Lett. < 1660) No. 245.
2. A half, an equal share or portion ; gen. in pi., esp. in
phr. to go halvers, to go shares ; in halvers, in partnership.
Sc. Halvers gang I wi' a' that fear thee, WADDELL Psalms
(1871) cxi. 63. Sh.I. With this view he gave to them in ' halvers '
certain mare ponies. This is in accordance with a custom of the
county under which the owner of a pony gives to another as
custodier a pro indiviso right in the animal. . . The custodier is
bound to keep and feed the animal, and is entitled to receive in
joint property with the original owner of the pony one-half of
all stock the produce or descendants of said animal, or one-half of
the pony or ponies while in his possession, Sh. News (July 16,
1898) ; They had a considerable number of sheep and ponies —
some of which were held in halvers with the neighbours, CLARK
Gleams (1898 52; S. & Ork.1 Cai.1 'To go haavers.' 'In
haavers.' Ayr. Will she let me go halver? GALT Entail (1823;
xxv. Gall. I'll rin haffers wi' the bed O' Wattie the killman,
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 297, ed. 1876. w.Yks. Let's go
halvers wi' tha (S.K.C.).
3. pi. An exclamation used by children to claim half the
value of any treasure found by another ; also in phr.
haavers and shaivers.
Sc. The beggar exclaimed, like a Scotch schoolboy, when he
finds anything. ' Nae halvers and quarters, hale o' mine ain, and
nane o' my neighbour's,' SCOTT Antiquary >, 1816) xxiii ; Nae
bunchers, nor halvers, But a' my ain, CHAMBERS Pop. Rhymes (ed.
1870 145 ; When one of a party unexpectedly finds a piece of
money or other article of value, the first in calling halfers is
supposed to have a right to share to that extent with the finder
(JAM. Suppl^. Per. (G.W.) Lth. Haavers and shaivers. If one
who sees another find anything exclaims in this language, he is
entitled to the moiety of what is found. If he who is finder uses
these terms before any other, he is viewed as having the sole right
to the property (JAM.) ; The phr. more fully is ' haavers and
shaivers, and hale o' mine ain.' This is pronounced indiscriminately
by the finder and by one who claims a share (ib.). e.Lth. Gin the
lairds could see an inch afore their nose, they wad be glad to cry
haavers raither than tine a', HUNTER /. Inwick (1895) 89. N.Cy.1
If, however, the finder be quick, he exclaims ' No halfers — findee
keepee, lessee seekee,' which destroys the claim, and gives him
the sole right to the property. Nhb.1 Another formula is: ' Ne
halfers; ne quarters; ne pin points; Nyen o' me neybors ; aall
me aan.' s.Chs.1
4. adj. Of cattle or stock : held in partnership.
Sh.I. Admits that defender has in his possession the ' halvers '
stock specified, Sh. News (July 16, 1898) ; I fan a' 'at we hed comin'
dat wye— aless dy grey ha'vers yow, mam. ib. (Apr. i, 1899).
5. v. To divide into equal shares, to halve ; to possess
in partnership with any one.
S. & Ork.1, Cai.1, Bnff.1 Abd. Cut an' ha'ver the roast, ALEXANDER
Johnny Gibb (1871) xl ; (JAM.)
Hence Halvert, ppl. adj. cut in two, divided in hall.
Abd. Nae mair deed nor a halvert worm, MACDONALD Malcolm
11875) I. 4-
HALY, see Holy.
HALY-CALY, v. Cor.12 To throw things to be
scrambled for.
HALYEAR, sb. Obs. Sc. Also written hallier (JAM.) ;
and in form hellzier Abd. A half-year.
n.Sc. (JAM.) Abd. Three hellzier [halyear, ed. 1789 (JAM.)]
younger she than dindy was, Ross Helenore (1768) 14, ed. 1812.
HAM, sb.1 and v.1 Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Lin.
Som. Dev. Also in forms hame Dmf. ; horn e.Lan.1
s.Chs.1 [h) am, asm.] 1. sb. The thigh ; the part of the
leg immediately behind the knee. .
Fif. Roll down the sweaty crowds with wearied legs and hams,
TENNANT Anster (1812) 32, ed. 1871. Cum. He slap't his ham,
GILPIN Sngs. (1866) aoa. w.Yks.1, e.Lan.1, s.Chs.1, n.Lin.1
Hence Hamkin, sb. the hock of a pig. n.Lin.1
2. Comp. Hame-blade, sb. ham-bone.
Dmf. Sometimes a bane like a hame-bladc. HAWKINS Poems
(1841) V. 25.
3. Phr. ham o' pork, the joint, as distinguished from the
meat.
w.Som.1 It is nearly invariable to speak of ' dressing a ham o'
pork,' while the same speaker would say, ' Thank 'ee, I'll have a
little bit o' ham.' Dev. They'd a-dressed a ham o' pork and a gurt
piece o' beef, Reports Provinc. (1885) 96.
4. Wrestling term : see below.
Cum.* The action differs from ' catching the heel ' by the attack
being made behind the knee of the opponent, instead of behind his
ankle.
5. v. To salt the hind-quarters of beef, pork, or mutton,
and hang them up to be smoked.
Twd. To ham the leg of a sheep (JAM.). Gall. He's hung upon
a nag [pin] to be ham'd to the reekiest neuk o' hell, MACTAGGART
Encycl. < 1824) 175, ed. 1876.
HAM, sb.2 Not. Nhp. Glo. Sus. Wil. Dor. Som. PCV.
Also written hamm ; and in form homm Glo. [am, asm.]
1. Flat, low-lying pasture land near a stream or river.
Cf. holm, sb.1 2.
Nhp.1 An inclosed level pasture. Glo. A common or marsh
land, BAYLIS Illus. Dial. (1870 ; Glo.1 A considerable tract of
ground along the Severn, adjoining the City of Gloucester, and
owned by the Freemen of the City, is known as 'The Ham.'
Sus.1 Wil. A narrow strip of ground by the side of a river, DAVIS
Agric. (1813,; Wil.1 Dor. The meadow behind East Holme
Church is called • The Hams ' (C.W.). Som. Ave you bin down in
ham, Thomas, o' late? JENNINGS Dial. ui.Eng. '1869") 141. w.Som.1
The word rather implies land subject to be flooded, but yet rich,
and by no means swampy or wet land. Dev. That ham's a long
way from the farm, Reports Provinc. (1884 19; The stile of the
little ham, BLACKMORE Christowell (1881 xxvi ; Dev.1, nw.Dev.1
Hence Hammings, sb. pi. shallow parts of a river
broken up by islands where the water flows rapidly.
Not. (W.J.R.)
2. A stinted common pasture for cows.
Glo. GROSE (1790; ; MARSHALL Rur. Econ. ,1789 II ; Gl. ,1851,.
[1. A hamme or a little plot of ground by the Thames
side . . . beset with many willow trees or osiers, MINSHELT
Ditctor (1617). OE. hamtn, a pasture or meadow enclosed
with a ditch (Eardulf's Charter, 875). Cp. Du. hamme van
Wilgen, a place planted with willowes (HEXHAM) ; LG.
ham, ' eine Wiese ' (BERGHAUS).]
HAM, sb.3 Obs. Som. Old calamine pits. W. & J.
Gl. (1873).
HAM,v.2 Bdf. [aem.] Tocutandtrimahedge. (J.W.B.)
HAM, v.3 Dur. [ham.] To repeat.
e.Dur.1 He ham'd it o'er and o'er.
HAM, see Haulm.
HAMALD, adj., v. and sb. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Also in
forms haemilt Slk. ; haimald Sc. (JAM.) ; haimelt Sh.I. ;
hameald Sc. ; hameil Lth. Edb. Slk. n.Cy. : hamel Abd. ;
hameld Sc. ; hamelt Lnk. Edb. Feb. ; hamhald Sc. QAM.) ;
hamil Abd. ; hamilt Frf. Per. Lth. ; hammal Cai.1 ;
hammel Elg. Per. ; hyemmelt Nhb.1 [na'ml(d.] 1. adj.
Homely, domestic, household. Cf. hamert ; see Home.
Sc. HERD Coll. Sngs. ',1776; Gl. Cai.1 Hame is hammal [there
is no place like home]. Elg. Former times, and hammel news
Steal affthe hour and mair, COUPER Poetry (1804) I. 117 ; A mair
hammel carl there couldna weel been, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (June
25, 1898,. Abd. Simple, honest, hamel fowk, ALEXANDER Ain
Flk. (18821 82. Frf. A hoosie mair hamilt than braw, WATT Poet.
Sketches (1880) 67. Per. Buckled up their hammell'd gear,
MONTEATH Dunblane (1835) 116, ed. 1887. Lnk. Our auld hamelt
tongue ... is deein', HAMILTON Poems (1865) 136. Lth. O ken
ye auld Janet's bit hamilt made biggin' ? BALLANTINE Poems (1856)
46. Edb. Nae herds on Yarrow's bonny braes . . . Delight to
chaunt their hameil lays, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) II. 129, ed.
1785. Feb. To send some hamelt, rustic lays, To your sweet
muse, NICOL Poems (1805) I. 93. Slk. The gude auld haemilt
blude that rins in her veins, HOGG Tales (1838) 80, ed. 1866 ;
Our grumblin' reachin' some folk's ears Of hameil brulies rais'd
their fears, ib. Sc. Pastorals (1801) 15 (JAM.). n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B.)
HAMBLE
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HAME
2. Home-made; home-grown, home-bred as opposed to
foreign.
Sc. Haimilt claith is that which has been spOn at home and
given out to be wrought, as distinguished from what has been
purchased in the piece, although the latter should be the manu-
facture of the country. This is also called haimilt-made (JAM.).
Elg. He wore ... a hammel-spun coat, Abd. Wkly. Free Press
(June 25, 1898). Edb. I am hameil . . . I'm na frae Turkey, Italy,
or France, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) i8a, ed. 1785.
3. Tame, domestic, as opposed to wild.
Sc. Lang lean makes hameald cattel, RAY Prov. (1678) 383;
HENDERSON Prov. (.1832) 82, ed. 1881. Abd. Critic or bard or
hamil kine, SKINNER Poems (1809) 179 (JAM.1). Nhb.1
4. v. To domesticate.
Lth. A beast is said to be haimilt when, after a change, it becomes
accustomed to the pasture to which it is sent (JAM.).
5. sb. A ' haaf-word ' for wife.
Sh.I. The common name for ' wife ' was haimelt or hjaimelt,
because she sat at home, while her husband was at the haaf,
JAKOBSEN Dial. (1897) 28 ; SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) lai.
[1. Cariand to Italy Thair vincust hammald goddis and
Ilion, DOUGLAS Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, n. 26. Norw.
dial, heimholl, homely (AASEN) ; ON. heimoll (heimull,
heimili), also heimhollr (FRITZNER) ; cp. heimold(-ild), right
of possession (VIGFUSSON) ; see Brogh and Hammer.]
HAMBLE, v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Der. Nhp. War. Also in
forms hample w.Yks. ; hamel .w.Yks.1 ; hamle w.Yks.1
Nhp.1 ; hammle Slk. e.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1; haumpus nw.Der.1;
hawmple Lan.1 ; hawmpo Lan. ; homble w.Yks. Der.2 ;
homple w.Yks. e.Lan.1 ; humple Slk. Rxb. ; oample Lan.
[a-m(b)l.] To limp, halt, walk feebly or awkwardly ; to
stumble. Cf. himple.
Rxb. Then humpled he out in a hurry, A. SCOTT Poems (ed.
1808) 218. e.Yks.1 Poor awd fellow ! he can hardly hammle
alang. w.Yks. I wor as wake as a cheild. I hombled on till 1 got
to Camblesworth, HALLAM Wadsley Jack < 18661 xvi ; w.Yks.14
Lan. He hawmples in his walk, like a lame duck, WAUGH Hermit
Cobbler (1876) 6 ; I mede o' shift to hawmpo owey ewt o' th'
huzzy o' bit, PAUL BOBBIN Sequel (1819) 41 ; Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1
s.Lan. BAMFORD Dial. { 18541. Der.1; Der.2 He goes hombling
along. nw.Der.1. Nhp.1. War. (J.R.W.
Hence Hammlin, ppl. adj. limping, shambling ; feeble.
Slk. Sir David's trusty hound wi' humpling back, HOGG Poems
(ed. 1865) 63. e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Astride hir homblin mare,
SENIOR Smithy Rhymes (1882, 35 ; Every bunion hez a tendency
to stop t'progress o' poor homplin pilgrims, Dewsbre Olm. (1881
7. Lan. That hawmpoin tyke Hal wur wi' um, TIM BOBBIN View
Dial. (1740) 14; He wur nobbut a hawmplin' mak of a walker at
th' best, WAUGH Chim. Corner (1874) 116, ed. 1879.
HAMBURGH, sb. Irel. Yks. Lan. Lin. Gmg. Pern. Dev.
Also in forms hamaron Wxf.1 ; hambrah Pern. ; ham-
burgher Lin.1 ; hamrach Gmg. Pern. ; hawmbark Lan. ;
hanaborough Dev. ; hanniber n.Dev. ; hannibur Dev.3 ;
homber w.Yks.2 1. The collar of a draught-horse, gen.
made of reed or straw, a ' bargham.'
Wxf.1 Obs. w.Yks.2 Lan. His wig . . . leet like a hawmbark on
his shilders, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (1740, 25; Lan.1 s.Lan.
PICTON Dial. (i86s\ Gmg. COLLINS Gower Dial, in Trans. Phil.
Soc. (1848-50) IV. 222. Pern. JAGO Gl. (1882) 102. Dev. Home
Subsecivae (1777) 201. n.Dev. Bobby 'th vaught 'e . . . Haimses, a
hanniber, a veil, ROCK Jim an' Nell (1867) st, 67.
2. pi. Fig. Arm-holes.
Lin. (HALL.) ; Lin.1 The waistcoat pinches me inthe hamburghers.
3. A large scarf or comforter. Dev.8
4. A straw-mat used in brewing to rest the pan upon.
s. Pern. Bring 'ere the hambrah, we moost taak off the pan, 'tis
boilin' (W.M.M.).
[1. Than muste he haue his horses or mares or both his
hombers or collers, FITZHERBERT Hush. (1534) 14 ; Epy-
phium, an hamborwe, Trin. Coll. MS. (c. 1450) in Wright's
Voc. (1884) 580. Hame, sb.2 + -borwe (-berwe), OE. -beorg(e,
protection.]
HAME, s*.1 In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms aime Ken.1 ; ame e.Yks. Not. Suf. Ken. ;
eame War.2 s.War.1 ; eyam Not. s.Hmp. ; haam n.Yks.2
OV.Yks.1 n.Lin.1 s.Lin. Hmp. Som.; haayme Brks.1;
haem Sc. (JAM.); haim Inv. Abd. Nhb.1 e.Yks.1; hairm
n.Lin.1 ; ham Lan. Sus.12 w.Dev. ; hamm n.Yks. ; haum
e.Lan.1 w.Wor.1 ; hawm Lan.1 Chs.1 Dev. ; heam N.Cy.1
Cum. w.Yks. Der. Dor. ; heeam n.Yks.4 e.Yks.1 ; heme
Chs.13; hem Inv. Elg. N.I.1 Ken.1; hemm Ant.; heyam
Dur.1 Not. Hmp.; heyem Nhb.1; hiam Wm. ; home
Chs.1 War. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Hrf.2; holme w.Wor.1 ; hyem
Nhb.1 ; yam n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 ; pi. aimses Dev. ; hameses
Hrf. Glo.12 w.Som.1 Dev.; hamses nw.Dev.1 ; heamsies
i Som. [h)em, h)iam, im.] 1. pi. The two curved pieces
of wood or metal resting on the collar of a draught-
horse, to which the traces are attached. Cf. bargham.
Sc. A pair of names and brechom fine, RAMSAY Tea-Table Misc.
(1724) I. 175, ed. 1871. Inv. (H.E.F.; Elg. The hems were taen
aff, an' the halter made fest, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (June 25, 1898;.
Abd. Gin ye slack the haims . . . the beasts '11 be throu' wi' their
feed, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882 » 195. N.I.1, Wxf.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb.1
The two pieces of crooked wood or bent iron hinged at the bottom
and held together with a strap atop. They are passed round the
collar of a horse, and are furnished with an eye in each side to
which are attached the chains to draw the load. Dnr.1, s.Dur.
( J.E.D.), Wm. (B.K.) Cum. Rigreape, braugham, pair o' heams,
GILPIN Sngs. (1866) 201. n.Yks. Neither traces, hames, nor
baurghwans to finnd, MERITON Praise Ale (1684) 1. 93 ; n.Yks.124,
ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781 ; w.Yks.2
Lan. GROSE (1790^ MS. add. (C. ; e.Lan.', Chs.1 23, Der.2, nw.Der.1,
Not. (L.C.M.), (J.H.B.), Not.123, nXln.' s.Lin. What a unheppen
looby to put that boss's haams on i' that how (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1,
Rut.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1 War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ;
War.2, s.War.', w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.), se.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf.12,
Glo. J.S.F.S.1, Glo.12, Oxf.1, Brks.1, Bdf. J.W.B. , w.Mid.
(W.P.M.) Krf.Arcli. (1879) VIII. 170. Suf. (F.H.X Ken. fH.M.,,
Ken.1, Hmp.1, 1.W.1, Wil.1 Dor. BARNES Gl. , 1863). Som. A horse-
collar and a pair o' hamses, RAYMOND Sam and Sabina (1894)
107; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 In the dial, there is no sing.
To denote one of the separate parts, it is necessary to say, ' one
o' the zides o' th' hameses,' or ' one o' th' hameses ' [ae'umzez].
Dev. The hames is very loose, Reports Provinc. (1884 "i 19 ; Where's
ta put tha aimses tu ? HEWETT Peas. Sf>. (1892) 46. nw.Dev.1
Hence (i) Hame and chain-maker, phr. a maker of
harness; (a) Hamed, ppl. adj. yoked.
(i) Lan.1 Common in Manchester, (a) Glo. The horse being
harnassed or named, MARSHALL Review (1818) II. 439.
2. Comb. (\) Hame-blade, the half of a horse-collar;
(2) -houghed, having houghs shaped like a ' hame ' ; (3)
•rough, (4) -stick, one of a pair of 'hames'; (5) -stick
ring, a ring attached to the ' hame,' through which the
rein passes ; (6) -stick strap, the strap which fastens the
' hame ' ; (7) -tree, (8) -ward, see (4) ; (9) -wood, the
' hames.'
(i ) Lth. (JAM.) (a) Sc. A term applied to a horse when it is
straiter above than below the hough ; from the resemblance of
its hind legs to a pair of hames jb.) ; She was lang-toothed an'
blench-lippit, Hacm-houghed an' haggis-fittit, Edb. Monthly Mag.
(June 1817) 238 (JAM.1. (.3) Chs. (K.) (4; Nhb.1 (5, 6) Nhb.
(R.O.H.; (7, 8) w.Dev. MARSHALL Rur.Econ. (1796). (9, Ken.1,
Sus.12
3. A horse-collar ; a circle of straw rope often used to
fasten the head of a sheep to its fore-leg to prevent its
straying. Cor.12
[1. LG. ham, ein Joch, Kummet,der Pferde (BERCHAUS) ;
M Du. hame, a leather or wooden yoke for horses ( VERDAM ).]
HAME,_s6.2 and v.1 Lin. Suf. Also written haim
se.Lin. [em.] 1. sb. Steam from boiling water ; warm
vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, &c.
Lin.1 This hame has scauded me. e.Lin. Used also of the damp
and moist feeling of an empty house opened out again (G.G.W. ).
se.Lin. In gen. use near the sea-coast. 'The wesh'us is white with
haim out o' the boiler.' ' Ho'd yer he'd in the haim from a baason
o' hot waater' (T.H.R.). Suf. The hame is coming out of the
kettle (F.H.).
2. v. To steam.
Suf. If your throat is sore, you can't do better than hame it. The
kettle begins to hame (F.H.).
[1, 2. Norw. dial, eim, steam, eimbaat, a steamboat ; eitna,
to steam (AASEN) ; ON. eimr, reek, vapour (VIGFUSSON).]
HAME, sb? Hmp. [em.] A small piece, in phr. all
to hame, all to bits.
The glass is all to hame, WISE New Forest (1883, 283 ; Hmp.»
[EFris. ham, ' Biss, Bissen, Stuck ' (KooLMANJ.J
HAME
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HAME, v? Som. [em.] To have sexual intercourse.
W. & J. Gl. (1873).
[OE. /iceman, ' concumbere, coire, nubere ' (B.T.).]
HAME, see Ham, si.1, Haulm, Home.
HAMEART, adv. Sc. Yks. Also in forms hamewarts
Fif. ; hamedards w.Yks. [he'mart.] Homeward ; also
used attrib. Cf. hamert, adj.
Fif. Hamewarts bairn and wife, and man, Helter-skelter they
skelpt and ran, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 222. Rnf. Sir Guy is
forced to ... tak' the hameart gate [way], THOMSON Leddy May
(1883) 3. Lnk. Hameart he gaed that nicht, COGHILL Poems
(1890) 78. w.Yks. Breakfast dune, they mud hamedards start,
DIXON Sluadburn Faar (1871) 16.
HAMEL, HAMELT, HAMEL-TREE, see Hamble,
Hamald, Hample-tree.
HAMEREST, sb. Sh.I. Also in form hamerist.
[he'mrest.] The commonage adjoining enclosed land.
Da maist o' wir paets wis apo' da hamerist, Sh. News (May 22,
1897) ; S. & Ork.1
[Norw. dial, heimrast, the nearest grass-land to the en-
closed land (AASEN) ; ON. heim-rdst.}
HAMERT, adj. Sc. Nhb. Also written haimart Rnf. ;
haimert Frf. ; hamart Sc. (JAM.) ; hame'art Dmb. Ayr. ;
and in forms hame-at Ayr. ; hameit, hamet Per. ; hame-
ward Fif. Nhb. ; hamewart Ayr. ; hamit Frf. [he'mart.]
1. Belonging to home, home-grown, home-made, home-
keeping ; also used advb. Cf. hameart.
Sc. Cleedin guid o' hamert mak', EDWARDS Mod. Poets, 8th S.
307. Frf. Weel twisted oot o' haimert woo', BEATTIF. Arnha
(c. 1820') 15, ed. 1882 ; Nane but hamit linjet [flax-seed] sawn,
Piper of Peebles (1794). Per. Roll'd up like a witch in a hameit-
spun plaidie, FORD Harp (1893) 147; The gude auld times O'
hearty rants and hamet rhymes, HALIBURTON Puir Auld Scotland
(1887) 164. Fif. It was hameward wisdom, the wisdom that likes to
brood cure a cog o' guid stiff parritch, ROBERTSON Provost (1894)
128. e.Flf. On his lower shanks, he had a pair o' coarse ribbit
hamert-wrocht blue stockins, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) iii. Dmb.
The yarn in grist is a' alike, Tho" hame'art spun, TAYLOR Poems
(1827) 58. Rnf. Stegh the loun weel wi' haimart gear, PICKEN
Poems (1813) I. 129. Ayr. Nane o' our hamewart gentry, GALT
Lairds (1826) xxii; An auld-fashion'd man, a hame'art gentleman
who has never seen the world, ib. xxvi; The homespun, or'hame-
at-made ' articles, were the pride of every housewife, WHITE
Jottings (1879) 36. Lnk. Scrimp her o' her bit and brat, That
hameward agriculture May thrive, WATSON Poems (1853) 5. Dmf.
He's haimert-made and genuine, SHAW Schoolmaster (1899) 334.
Nhb. Obs. I will no longer submit to his hameward country ways,
Lett, from Corbridge (1775) (R.O.H.).
Hence Haimartness, sb. childish attachment to home.
Sc. (JAM.)
2. Condescending in manner, not haughty.
Ags. A person of rank is hameart who is courteous (JAM.). Dmf.
The hamert heart was donnert dung, REID Poems (1894) 260.
HAMFLEETS, sb. pi. Obs. Glo. Cloth buskins to
defend the legs from dirt, ' sheenstrads.'
Horae Subsecivac (1777) 201 ; Gl. (1851); Glo.1 Hame-leets[si'c].
HAM-GAMS, sb. pi. Lei.1 [avm-gaemz.] Antics, tricks.
A's bin at some o' his hamgams agen.
HAMIE, adj. Obs. Sc. Suggestive of home, domestic.
Edb. I ... ripet a' my shallow pow For hamie lays, CRAWFORD
Poems (1798) 47.
HAMIL, sb. n.Cy. Nhb. Lan. Chs. Sus. Also written
hamel e.Lan.1 ; hammil Lan.1 ; hammill n.Cy. ; and in form
hemmelNhb. e.Sus. [a'ml, hje'ml.] 1. A hamlet, village.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Nhb. 'Tween Foxstane hemmils an' the
Peels, PROUDLOCK Borderland Muse (1896) 84. Lan. Aw know o'
that country-side, . . . hill an' dale, . . . hamil an' road-side heawse,
WAUGH Yeth-Bobs (1869) i ; Lan.1, e.Lan.1 e.Sus. HOLLOWAY.
2. Comp. Hamil-sconce, fig. the light of the village or
hamlet, the village Solomon.
Lan. Owd Jeremy at tat time wur look't on as th' hammel's
skonse amung 'em e Juda, WALKER Plebeian Pol. (1795) 58, ed. 1801 ;
A schoolmaster, who was looked up to by his neighbours as a kind
of ' hamel-scoance,' or lanthorn of the village, WAUGH Old Cronies
(1875) iii ; Lan.1, Chs.13
[1. The hamell of Aynsworth [in Lan.], Exam. Cokeye
More (c. 1514) in Chetham Soc. (1855) XXXVII. u. OFr.
hamel, ' hameau ' (LA CURNE).]
HAMIL(T, see Hamald.
HAMLET, sb. Yks. [a'mlit.] Phr. play Hamlet with,
to play ' the deuce ' with ; to give one a ' good blowing up.'
w.Yks. Aw cud like to see thee wed ta nobbut one, Shoo'd play
Hamlet wi' thee, HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1874) 43 ; Bai gou lad !
wen ta gets uam Sel bi amlit ta plea. Mi muSa plead amlit wi im
fa stopin at lat at nit (J.W.).
HAMLIN,s/>. Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) Also in form hamlan.
[Not known to our correspondents.] A cross, wile, trick.
HAMMAL, HAMMEL, see Hamald, Hemmel, sb.1
HAMMER, sb}- and v.1 Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms haumer Abd. ; hawmer Bnff.1 ;
hommer Lan. I. Ma. s.Chs.1 nw.Der.1 ; bomber Shr.1
[h)a'ma(r, arma(r).] 1. sb. In comb, (i) Hammer-axe,
an implement with a hammer on one side and an axe on
the other ; (2) -bate, a dappled spot on a horse ; (3)
-bleat, the snipe, Gallinago caelestis ; (4) -clawed, like the
claws of a nail-hammer ; (5) -dressed, stone faced with a
pick or pointed hammer ; (6) -flush, sparks from an
anvil ; (7) -hay, rough hay as in moors or waste ground ;
(8) -head, a dull, stupid fellow ; (9) -heel, the portion of the
face of the hammer next the head ; do) -man, (a) a black-
smith, a worker in iron, tin, or other metals ; a member
of the blacksmiths' guild ; (b) in coal-mining : see below ;
(n) -nose, the portion of the hammer-face opposite the
' heel ' ; (12) -spots, the dappled appearance of a horse ;
(13) -tacking, dawdling, working in a half-hearted manner ;
(14) -thrower, a man who throws the sledge-hammer in
athletic sports; (15) -toe, a malformation of the toe.
(i) N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 v21 Dev- Maister, he's as full of hammerbates
as can be, Reports Provinc. (1897,. (3) Cum. Na mair you'll hear
the hammerbleats, DICKINSON Lit. Rent. (1888) 161 ; Cum.14,
m.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1 14) Nhb.1 A tail coat is still called a ' hatnmer-
claad cwoat.' (5) Nhb.1, w.Yks. (J.W.), nw.Der.1 (6) Fif. Frae
the blacksmith's study rush Sae thick the sparks and hammer-
flush, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 205. (7) n.Yks. That's what I
call hammer hay (I.W. . ;8) w.Yks.5 (9) Nhb.1 (10, a) Sc. The
hammermen of Edinburgh are to my mind afore the warld for
making stancheons, ring-bolts [&c.], SCOTT Midlothian (1818) xxix.
Elg. A hammerman's but black at best, TESTER Poems 1865 i.
Abd. These were the hammermen, headed by Vulcan sitting
shivering in an iron car, ANDERSON Rhymes (1867) 214. Frf.
Robert Hepburn, hammerman, LOWSON Guidfollow (18901 265.
Ayr. One Thomas Sword, the deacon of the hammermen, GALT
Gilhaize (1823) iv. Gall. He ... was buried there in state by the
hammer-men, which body would not permit the Earl of Selkirk to
lay his head in the grave, merely because his Lordship was not
one of their incorporated tribe, MACTAGGART Encycl. ',1824) 68, ed.
1876. Dev. The stamping of this impression by a hammer is coining
the tin, and the man who does it is called the hammer-man, BRAY
Desc. Tamarand Tavy ^1836) I. 118. ,6) Der. When the holers
have finished their operations, a new set of men, called hammer-
men, or drivers, enter the works. These fall, or force down,
large masses of coal, by means of long and sharp iron wedges,
GLOVER Hist. Der. (1829) I. 58. (n) Nhb.1 When a hand hammer
is held up by the helve, and the flat disc of its ' face ' placed
opposite to the observer, the upper portion of the disc is the j nose,'
and the lower, or portion towards the helve, is the ' heel.' (12)
Nrf. (A.G.) (13) nw.Dev.1 ' They've bin hammer-tackin' about
yur all day, but I doan' zim they've got ort to shaw vor't.' ' 'Ot
b'ee hammer-tackin' about yur vor? ' 1,14) Abd. I have seen him
do a feat which would put the best hammer-thrower to the blush,
ANDERSON Rhymes (1867) 194. (15) e.Suf. ^F.H.)
2. Phr. (i) as dead as a hammer, quite dead ; (2) hammer
and block, (3) — , block, and Bible, (4) — , block, and study,
a boys' game ; see below ; (5) — and pincers, (6) — and
pinsons, the noise made by a horse when the hind-leg
strikes the fore-leg ; (7) — and tongs, (a) high words ; also
in phr. to go at a thing hammer and tongs, to dispute or do
violently ; (b) curling term ; see below ; (8) the hammer
of it, the pith of a message ; the principal cause of any-
thing ; (9) to go at a thing hammer and pinsons, to set
about a thing with determination and force.
(i) n.Cy. (J.W.) Lan. As deed as a hommer, LAYCOCK Sngs.
(1866) 32 Brks.1 1 chucked my stick at that ther rat an' killed un
as ' dead as a hammer.' (2) Abd. At the ' Hammer and the Block'
deal mony a sturdy blow, CADENHEAD Bon Accord (1853) 189; One
boy had to prostrate himself on his hands and knees, with his pos-
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teriors protruding, while four boys took another boy, one at each
arm, and one at each leg, and bearing him, with his face upward,
used him as a battering-ram against the other boy, posteriors to
posteriors. It was a punishment rather than a game ; but, when
not carried to an extreme, created a deal of rather cruel fun (W.C.).
Lan. Another party engaged in the games of ... hop-scotch,
hammer and block, THORNBER Hist. Blackpool (1837) 90 ; Those
glorious English games of cricket, ' hammer and block,' BRIERLEY
Irkdale (1865) 67, ed. 1868. (3) N.I.1 Each of the three objects is
represented by a boy. (4) Gall. A fellow lies on all fours, this is
the block ; one steadies him before, this is the study [anvil] ; a
third is made a hammer of, and swung by the boys against the
block, MACTAGGART Encycl. (,1834) 253, ed. 1876. (5) Cum. (M.P.),
w.Yks. (W.C.S.), w.Yks.', Chs.13, Nhp.1 (6) n-Lln.1 (7, a) Ayr.
They would go at it again, hammer and tangs, for anither hour,
SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) xxii. w.Yks. Hlfx. Courier (May
8, 1897). Chs. ' 'Falling out hammer and tongs' is a very common
expression; Chs.8 Nhp.1 When a person is relating his falling
out with some one, it is common to say among the lower orders,
' Oh, we got up to hammer and tongs.' War.3 ' They went at it
hammer and tongs,' they scolded each other unceasingly. Also
used as equivalent to rough, unscientific fighting. Oxf.1 MS. add.
Sus., Hmp. ' To live hammer and tongs ' is said of married people
who seldom agree, HOLLOWAY. (b) Abd., Per. At curling a common
order is, ' Come up an' gi'e this stane hammer and tangs' (G.W.).
(8) Ess. Ay, that's the hammer on't (C.W.D.). (9) Shr.1 The
constable parted 'em wunst, but they watchen 'im away, an' then
wenten 'omber an' pinsons at it again.
3. A blow with a hammer.
Frf. I decided to gang oot an' gie't a hammer on, WILLOCK
Rosetty Ends (1886) 37, ed. 1889.
4. The fist ; a blow with the fist ; also in phr. the hammer
o' death.
w.Yks.1 When a person is quarrelling with another, whom he
wishes to intimidate, he will hold up his fist in a menacing attitude,
and say, ' See, here's t'hammer o'deeoth.' ne.Lan.1 e.Suf. To
give one a hammer (F.H.).
5. Clumsy, noisy walking or working ; a clumsy, noisy
person or worker.
Bnff.1 The hawmer he keeps up an' doon the chaamer's nae
bearable. Ayr. My bonie maid, before ye wed Sic clumsy-
wilted hammers, BURNS Willie Chalmers, st. 5.
6. v. To thrash ; to beat continuously with a stick.
Sc. (A.W. ) Nhb. Wor sowldiers hammered the beggars. Come
on, aa'll hammer aall the three on ye (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 n.Yks. Ah
hammered him weel (T.S.). e.Yks. Next tahm he diz it, Ah'll ham-
mer him weel, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 26 ; e.Yks.1 w.Yks. He
hammered David for long enough, Eng. Illns. Mag. (Mar. 1896)
592 ; w.Yks.2 A boy said to his schoolfellow, ' Which o' thee and
me can hammer? ' i.e. fight best. Lan. They're hardly a lad i' o'
th' village bur what Bobby had hommert oather at one toime or
another, MELLOR Mick Owdem (1867"! 8. m.Lan.1 I.Ma. Had to
hommer him — that was all, BROWN Indiaman (1889) 149. s.Chs.1
Ahy)l om-ur yn iv ahy)kn gy'et uwt u yu [Til hommer y6 if I con
get howl o' yO]. ^ Not.' Lei.1 ' Did you hear me talk about ham-
mering anyone t ' asked by a prisoner on trial for shooting a toll-
keeper. Oxf. (G.O.), Hnt (T.P.F.
Hence Hammering, sb. a thrashing.
Sc. Gi'e ower, ye loons, wi' throwin' stanes. Or haith ye's get
a hammerin', VEDDER Poems (1842) 119. Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Yo
desarved a good hommerin' . . . for usin" a poor chap so, WOOD
Hum. Sketches, 6. Midi. Ye'll remember the hammering Exeter
gev him, BARTRAM People of Clapton (1897) 53. War.3 He gave
me such a hammering <,E.S.). Oxf. (G.O.], e.Suf. (F.H.}
7. Phr. hammered up, at a loss for words.
w.Ykm.8 A bashful and very nervous young man gets into a
bonnet-shop somehow (say during a shower), and is • hammer' d
up clean,' finding himself in that most interesting predicament of
having nothing to say !
8. To practise laboriously ; to labour.
Nhb. Aw hammer on till efternuin Wi' weary byens and empty
wyem, WILSON Pitman's Pay (1843) 9. Lan. Don yo' know the
time th' owd lad's hommerin' at ? Longman's Mag. 'Apr. 1897)553.
9. To walk or work in a noisy, clumsy way ; to stumble.
Cal.1 Bnff.1 ' The muckle fabrick o' a cheel cam hawmerin' ben
the fleer, an' knockit our the bairn.' • He wiz hawmerin' wee a
spawd at the back o' a dyke.' Abd. Aw haumer't into the kitchie
upp' the mistress an' him spcakin', ALEXANDER Johnny Gibb (1871)
xvL Ayr. Stumpin on his ploughman's shanks, He in the parlour
haminer'd, BURNS Interview with Dacre st. 4.
Hence (i) Hawmerer, sb. a big, awkward person, with
unwieldy feet ; one who is clumsy and noisy at work ; (a)
Hawmerin, ppl. adj. big and clumsy.
Bnff.1 (i) [One] who makes much noise in walking, and is apt
to trample on what comes in the way. (a) He's a hawmerin'
cheel. A cudna bide the sicht o' 'im aboot the toon for a servan.
HAMMER, sb* Sh.I. Also in form haamar. A large
mass of stone or rock jutting out, gen. from the side
of a hill.
There was scarcely a spot that was not called by some appro-
priate name of Norse origin, such beautifully characteristic names
as ... Gulla Hammar (the yellow rocks), SPENCE Fit-Lore ( 1 899 )
176 : JAKOBSEN Dial. 1897) 80 ; S. & Ork.1
[ON. hamarr, a hammer-shaped crag (ViorussoN).]
HAMMER, v.3 Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Lin. [h)a-ma(r.]
To stammer, hesitate in speaking.
Sc. (.A.W.), N.Cy.1 Nhb. Aw hammer'd out some lyem excuse,
WILSON Pitman's Pay (1843) 49. n.Yks.1 The two words hammerand
stammer are frequently joined together in use; n.Yks.24, e.Yks.1,
m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1, aLin.1
HAMMER-BAND, sb. Cum. A manner of yoking:
used attrib. ; also usedyfg'.
Cum.1 Uphill work, constant pull on the shoulders. In old
times the horse was yoked to the cart by ropes from the shoulders
to iron or willow or hazel rings sliding on the shafts, held by
a pin. This was hammer-band yoking ; Cum.4 Obs. Noironstaps,
nor shoulder links, For all had hammer bands, Carlisle Pair. ( May
13, 1870).
HAMMERGAG, v. and sb. Der. Not. Wor. Suf. Also
in form ammergag s.Not. w.Wor.1 [a'magag.] 1. v.
To stammer, speak with difficulty. Der.2, Not.8
2. To scold ; to argue.
s.Not. Yer can't get away frum 'im ; 'e'll stand ammergagging
for a hour (J.P.K.). w.Wor.1 'Ow 'im an" er do quar'l, to be
sure. You can "ear 'em thraow the wall, 'ammergaggin' awaay
from marnin' till night.
3. sb. A boisterous noise. e.Suf. (F.H.)
HAMMERGAW, v. Sc. To argue pertinaciously.
Ayr. Ye may spend the evening o' your days in lown felicity;
and hammergaw frae morning to night wi' the advocates about
corn-laws. GALT Lairds ^1826; xxxv.
HAMMER-SCAPPLE, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. A nig-
gardly person who attempts to drive a hard bargain.
n.Cy. HOLLOWAY. w.Yks.15
HAMMER Y, sb. Cum. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] People who live by working with the
hammer; used attrib.
Carlisle possesses eight craft guilds, namely, the Weavers, the
Smiths, &c., or all that live by the Hammery Art, FERGUSON Hisl.
Cum. 1890; xiii.
HAMMICK, see Hommock.
HAMMIL, v. Chs. [a'mil, ami.] To ill-treat, abuse ;
to overwork.
s.Chs. God Awmighty 's hammil'd me, DARLINGTON Ruth, i. 21 ;
s.Chs.1 A henpecked husband was said to be 'Aanvildwidhizweyf'
[hammiled with his weife].
Hence Hammilled, ppl. adj. ill-treated, abused.
s.Chs.1 An overworked servant maid is called ' a poor hammilled
thing.'
[OE. hamelian, to maim, mutilate (Chron.).}
HAMMIL, see Hummel, adj.
HAMMIT, adj. Sc. (JAM.) Also in form hammot.
[Not known to our correspondents.] Plentiful ; used of
corn growing close, but short in the straw ; also applied
to corn with many grains on one stalk, or of potatoes
growing thickly on one stem.
[Dan. dial, hantmel, yielding, productive, fruitful, used
of corn having many grains; hammelt (adv.) (MOLBECH).]
HAMMOCK, sb.1 Sc. [ha'mak.] A bed. Also usedyfc.
Sc. Mony a crone was laid on her last hammack, For want o'
eggs, to fill her cravin' stamack, STEWART Character (1857) 188.
Elg. I'll e'en pop in my hammock, TESTER Poems (1865) 130.
Abd. She warms them weel, an' pits them to their hammock.
BEATTIE Parings (1801) 37, ed. 1873. Rnf. Lord . . . bless thee
. . . Wi' couthy wife and cozie hammock, WEBSTER Rhymes
(1835) 108.
HAMMOCK, s6.2 e.Suf. The fist : a blow with the
fist. (F.H.) See Hammer, sb.1 4.
HAMMOCK
HAMSHOCH
HAMMOCK, HAMMUT, see Hommock, Emmet.
HAMMY, sb. n.Cy. Nhb. Also written hammie N.Cy.1
[ha'mi.] 1. A sheepish, cowardly person.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. Tho' Gurty sairly run her rig, An' shameful used
her Hammy, ROBSON Evangeline (1870) 353 ; Nhb.1
2. A cock that will not fight. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1
HAMP, sb.1 Obs. Yks. A kind of smock-frock.
n.Yks. Gin Hob mun hae nowght but a hardin' hamp, He'll
coom nae mair, nowther to berry nor stamp. . . Obs. forty years
ago. . . The hamp was a smockfrock-Hke article of raiment,
gathered in somewhat about the middle, and coming some little
way below the knee, ATKINSON Maori. Parish (1891) 56; n.Yks.1
A hamp and a hood ! Then Hobbie again '11 dee nae mair good.
[Dan. dial, hempe, a peasant's frock, ' toga rustica '
(MOLBECH).]
HAMP, v. and sb.2 Sc. Lan. Won Also in forms
haumpe Lan. ; omp Won [hamp.] 1. v. To halt in
walking ; to limp. Cf. himp, v.
Twd. (JAM.) Lan. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 160. s.Wor. A cow
as omped along on three legs, Vig. Man. in Berrow's Jrn. (1896).
2. To stammer, speak or read hesitatingly.
Cld., Lth. (JAM.) Rxb. Ye mind auld stories I can hamp but
at, A. SCOTT Poems (ed. 1808) 31 ; If ye 'bout it hamp and hay . . .
ye soon will fin' A wilfu' man maun hae his way, RIDDELL Poet.
Wks. (ed. 1871) I. 5. Gall. How it came, I scarce can tell, I learnt
a wee to hamp an' spell, LAUDERDALE Poems (1796) 80.
Hence Hamper, sb. one who cannot read fluently. Cld.
(JAM.)
3. sb. A halt in walking. Twd. (JAM.)
4. A stutter.
Slk. He got through the saxteenth o' Romans without a hamp,
HOGG Tales (1838) 366, ed. 1865.
HAMPER, sb. Chs.1 [a'mpa(r).] A measure of six
pecks.
Apples, pears, plums, damsons, and gooseberries are generally
sold wholesale by the hamper. So also are potatoes, especially
new potatoes, which are always sent to market in these hampers.
. . . Each hamper holds half a load of potatoes, that is six pecks
or scores of twenty-one pounds to the score (a long score 1.
HAMPER, v.1 Sc. Yks. Chs. Den Not. Lin. Lei. War.
Shr. Glo. Oxf. Brks. e.An. Ken. Wil. Som. Also in forms
amper Wil. ; homper Not.1 War.2 ; omper Lei.1 Oxf.1
[h)a'mpa(r, se'mpslr).] 1. To hinder, impede ; to em-
barrass, burden ; to puzzle; frcq. in pp. In gen. colloq. use.
Gall. For topling clubs, Oh ! let them be, Or Sawny lad, ye'll
hamper me, LAUDERDALE Poems (1796 82. n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.4
Ah've been hampered wi' all maks an" manders o' things, in. Yks.1
Chs.1 To burden with debt. Not.1 n.Lin.1 She can't go oot taatie
pickin', she's so hamper'd wi' bairns. I'm well enif if it warn't
for this here cough that hampers me. Lei.1 Mr. — is a streenge
person, a doos 'omper one so. Shr.1 God 'elp the poor 66man —
'er'll be despertly 'ompered 60th them two twins. Glo. BAYLIS
Illus. Dial. (1870). Oxf.1 'Er 'usband's dead and left her hampered
wi' six children, MS. add. e.An.1 I 'ont be hampered up along o'
you. Nrf. I'm hampered to get hold of my breath, COZENS-HARDY
Broad Nrf. (1893) 88. e.Suf. He's hampered to get his breath
(F.H.). Ess. Who are in the warld well to do, They onny shud
ha' cubs; Who's nut, lore! how he's hampered up, CLARK J.Noakes
(1839) st- T9- Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892).
Hence (i) Hamper, sb. confusion, entanglement; per-
plexity ; (2) Hampered, ppl. adj. beset with difficulties ;
harassed, troubled ; (3) Hamperment, sb., see (i).
(i) Ess. An entangled skein is said to be ' all in a hamper ' ; as
'That's in sich a hamper, I shall niver git it out no more' (W.W.S.).
n.Wil. When the horses in a team get all into confusion, or a ball
of string is in a harl, this would be a case of ' aal in a hamper '
(G.E.D.). (a) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 ' A sair hamper d family,' borne
down with difficulties, w. Yks. Troubled with (as toothache) (J.T.).
nw-Der.1, War." (3) Glo.1, n.Wil. (G.E.D.)
2. To hesitate. e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. To infest with vermin ; to choke with dirt. Gen. in pp.
n.Yks.12 ; n.Yks.4 Them to'nips leeak a bit hampered wi' t'fly.
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. We're sairly hampered wi' rats, Yks. Wkly. Post
(1883). Chs.1 Yo never seed sitch a place i' your loif, it were aw
hampered up wi dirt.
4. To injure, disarrange, throw out of gear.
Oxf.1 A lock is said to be ' hampered ' when out of repair so
that the key cannot work it, MS. add. Brks.1 Ken. (G.B.);
Ken.1 The door is hampered. Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892).
VOL. III.
6. To coerce ; to bridle a colt for the first time.
w.Som.1 Aay boa-ut dhik poa nee au-1 ruuf, uvoaT u wuz uvur
u-aam-purd [I bought that pony in a wild state, before he was ever
bridled]. Ees ! un u puurdee jau-b wee-d u-gau 't vur tu aam -pur-n !
[Yes ! and a pretty job we had to bridle him !]
6. To punish by legal procedure.
w.Yks. They could be hampered forsellinglottery-tickets(S.K.C.).
7. Comp. Hamper-logged, overborne, persuaded.
War. B'ham Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.2 A witness at
a late assize at Warwick used this word in the sense of being
overborne or persuaded by his wife, saying that he was ' quite
hamper-logged by her.'
HAMPER, v.2 Yks. Der. [a-mpa(r).] To beat.
^w.Yks.1 ; w.Yks.5 Bin hampering thuh agean? — wah thah sud
'a' hamper'd him then— mun, thah's bigherniff to heit him ! nw.Der.1
HAMPER-CLOT, sb. n.Cy. [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A ploughman. (HALL.)
HAMPEROR, sb. w.Wor.1 A hamper.
HAMPHIS, v. Obs. Sc. To surround ; to hem in, to
confine.
Sc. Agast the Sothroun stood astound, Syne hamphised him,
pele-mele, ane and a', JAMIESON Pop. Ballads (1806) II. 175. Abd.
Out gush'd her eyn . . . Sae hamphis'd was she atween glee and
wae, Ross Helenore (1768) 67, ed. 1812; A band of Keltrin
hamphis'd all our braes, ib. 109.
HAMPLE-TREE, sb. Hrt. e.An. Also in form hamel-.
[ae'mpl-tri.] The bar by which a horse draws a plough
or carriage. Gen. in pi.
Hrt. ELLIS Mod. Hush. (1750) I. 141. e.An.12
HAMPOT, sb. Shr. Also in form ampot. [ae'mpst.]
A hamper.
Shr.1 Poor Dick 6od think it a poor Chris'mas if 'e didna 'ave
'is ampot ; Shr.2
HAMRACH, see Hamburgh.
HAMREL, sb. Sc. An awkward person ; one who
stumbles often in walking.
Abd. Ye never saw sic a hamrel as oor laddie is ; yesterday he
fell owre my honey pig an' brak it a' to smash. Not uncommon
(G.W.). Slk. (JAM.)
HAM-SAM, adv. Dun Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also
written hamm-samm Wm. & Cum.1 ; and in forms ham-
scram Wm. ; him-sani Dur. [h)a'm-sam.] Irregularly,
confusedly ; hastily ; in confusion or disorder.
Dur. 'Re mixt up ham-sam wu frosks, dockers 'n' eels, EGGLE-
STONE Betty Podkin's Lett. (1877)9; GIBSON Up-Weardale Gl.
(1870). s.Dur. Things was all thrawn in ham-sam (J.E.D.). Cum.
She'd pack't them [clothes] eh sec a hurry, teuh, at they wur oa
ham-sam, SARGISSON Joe Scoap (1881) ir; Gl. (1851); Cum.4
Wm. & Cum.1 An" sat hamm-samm togither, 201. Wm. Then
reayvc their clwoaks to screeds ham-scram, WHITEHEAD Leg. (1859)
8, ed. 1896 ; He put his tools in his box ham-sam (B.K.). n.Yks.
He went at t'wark ham-sam (T.W.); n.Yks.34 m. Yks.1 To lay
anything hamsam, is to heap together. n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1
HAMSH, v. Sc. In form humsh Abd. To eat noisily
and hastily or in a voracious manner. See Hanch, v. 2.
Sc. (JAM. ) Abd. Common. ' Ye sudna humsh up yer sweeties
that wye ; gie them time to melt i' ye mou' ' (G.W.). Ags. (JAM.)
Per. Well known. ' Hamsh yer apple' (G.W.).
HAMSHACKLE, v. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Nhp. War.
Also in form homschackle e.Lan.1 [h)a'mjakl.] To
fasten the head of an animal to one of its fore-legs to pre-
vent its straying ; also usedyzg-.
Sc. Some job that would hamshackle him at least until the
Courts rose, SCOTT Redg. (1824) i. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, n.Yks.14,
ne.Yks.1, Lan.', Nhp.1, War.3
Hence Homshackled, ppl. adj. fettered by having the
head tied to the fore-leg. e.Lan.1
HAMSHOCH, sb. and adj. Sc. Also written ham-
schoch, -shogh QAM.) ; and in forms hamsheugh, haum-
shoch Sc. [ha'nifax-] 1- sb. A sprain or contusion in
the leg; a severe bruise, esp. when accompanied by a
wound; a severe laceration of the body. Fif., Ayr. QAM.)
2. A misfortune, an untoward accident ; a disturbance.
Sc. The hamsheughs were very great until auld uncle Rabby
came into redd them, GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 16. Knr. Wat
ye na that we're gaun straught the gate we pactioned about, afore
thir hamshoghs dang a' our plans heels-o'er-head? St. Patrick
(1819) II. 77 JAM.).
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8. A harsh and unmannerly intermeddling in any busi-
ness. Fif. OAM.)
4. adj. Much bruised, often referring to a contusion
accompanied with a wound, (ib.)
5. Severe, censorious, as applied to critics.
Sc. Thae haumshoch bodies o' critics get up wi' sic lang-nebbit
gallehooings, Edb. Mag. (Apr. 1821) 351 (JAM.). Ayr. (ib.}
HAMSTERS, sb. pi. Lan. [a'mstaz.] A kind of knee-
breeches ; lit. a covering for the ' hams.'
His hamsters of dark kerseymere, grey at the knees, BAM FORD
Radical (1840) I. 51 •; Wi' stockins deawn, unteed his shoon, His
hamsters loosely hung, RIDINGS Muse (1845) 6 ; Lan.1
HAMSTRAM, sb. Sc. Difficulty.
Abd. Wi' great hamstram they thriml'd thro' the thrang, Ross
Helenore (1768) 94, ed. 1812.
HAN, sb. Obs. w.Yks.1 The sound made by men
while cleaving wood.
[Fr. han, the groan, or forced, and sigh-like voice, where-
with wood-cleavers, &c. keep time to their strokes (COTGR.).]
HANBURY, see Anbury.
HANBY,aa^'. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.]
Wanton, unruly. HOLLOWAY.
HANCE, v. Not. Rut. Lei. Also written hanse Lei.1
[ans, sens. | To give one ' handsel ' or earnest-money.
Not.1, Rut.1 Lei.' I hope, ma'am, you'll hance me.
HANCER, see Heronsew.
HANCH, sk1 Som. Dev. Also written anch Dev. [aenj.]
The upright part of a gate to which the hinges are attached.
w.Som.1 Thick piece'll mak a very good head, but he id'n stiff
enough for a hanch. We be bound vor to drow another piece o'
oak vor zome more gate-stuff. There's a plenty o' larras a-cut
out, but we be short o' heads an' lan'shez] hanches. Dev. Some-
times called the ' hanging head.' ' Some larch lars and oak anches
will last as long as anything,' Reports Provinc. (1883) 86.
Hence Ranching, 56. carpentering term : the part left
outside the end mortices in the side of a door, sash, or
other frame.
w.Som.1 The sarsh was too long ; vore he'd fit, fo'ced to cut
away all the hanching.
HANCH, v. and sb? Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Stf. Nhp. War. Glo. Oxf. Wil. Som. Dev. Also written
hansh n.Lan.1 Chs.1 ; and in forms ansh e.Lan.1 ; aunch
Stf.2: haunch Nhb.1 Nhp.1 Glo.12 Oxf.1; haunshSc. (JAM.)
[h)anj, aenj, ijnf.] 1. v. To bite, snap at with the teeth
as a dog does. Also used fig.
Sc. Esp. applied to the action of a dog, when seizing anything
thrown to him, and apparently including the idea of the noise
made by his jaws when he snaps at it (JAM.) ; A number greedily
haunsht at the argument, BAILLIE Lett. (,1776^ I. 200 (ib.). Ant.
Ballymena Obs. (1892). Nhb. (J.M.M.) ; Nhb.1 He fair (launched
at me. The dog haunched at me. Cum. T'policeman pot t'beuck
up lull his gob, an hancht it, as if he was gaan teh tak a lump oot
on't, SARGISSON Joe Scoap (1881) 37 ; Cum.4 Also to threaten to
bite as does a really good-natured horse. 'Quiet will ta! hanchin
on like that.' n.Yks. (I.W.); (T.S.) ne.Yks.1 That dog o' yours
hanched at ma when ah tried ti clap him. e.Yks. Dog hansht at
im, buod e cuodn't ger 'od on im [the dog snatched at him, but he
could not get hold of him] (Miss A.) ; e.Yks.1 Lan. No bitin' !
Anybody ut hanches shall have a tooth drawn 1 BRIERLEY Cast
upon World (1886; 36; Yerin 'em hanch an' arre at us, CLEGG
Sketches (1895) 397 ; At Bolton the word is in common use ; in
use in Preston and Ashton-under-Lyne, but not so common as it
was (S.W.) ; DAVIES Races (1856) 275; Lan.1, n.Lan.1, e.Lan.1
Chs.1 If a dog's mad, he'll hansh at anything that's near him.
s.Chs.1 Ahy du)nO lahykith looks fi dhaaf dog ; ey aan-sht aaf
mi veri saavich jus dhen [I dunna like th' looks o' that dog ; he
hanshed at me very savage jus' then].
Hence (i) Hanch-apple, sb. the game of ' snap-apple ' ;
see below ; fa) Hanching-night, so. Halloween.
(i) Lan. DAVIES Races (18561 275; Lan.1 The game of snap-
apple, which consists in biting at an apple floating in water or
suspended by a cord. It is usually played at Halloween, (a)
Cum.* Hanchin' neet takes its name from the game of ' Bob-apple,'
when with hands behind the back, the players hanched at an apple
suspended from the ceiling by a string.
2. To eat greedily or voraciously as a dog or pig does.
Slk. (JAM. i Gall. To eat like a swine, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824)
252, ed. 1876 ; His sillar up in meat he'd hanch, ib. 135.
Hence Hanshun, sb. a savage grunt ; a greedy way of
feeding like a pig. Nhb.1
3. To seize, snatch ; to take hold of roughly ; to handle
roughly or unkindly.
ne.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 What are ye hanching and clicking at, there?
If thou hanches in that way, I'll — ! Stf.2 Dunner Onsh dhat babi
adhatnz ; puor litl thing.
Hence Aunching, ppl. adj. unkindly treated or handled.
Stf.2 Wei, iz weifs betar of na arz jed, far ar ad a Onshin loif
wi im.
4. Of a cow or bull : to thrust or gore with the horns.
e.Yks.1 Bull hanch'd at ma wiv his hoorns, bud Ah got oot of his
way. Nhp.1 When a cow has been tossing a beast, it is said 'she
has been haunching it.' If a person were gored to death by a beast,
it would be said, 'He's got haunched.' War. (J.R.W.), Glo.12
Oxf.1 If dhee guost in aa'wuld Dan'l Braa-ynz klaaws iz buol ul
au'rnch dhu [If thee gu'st in awuld Dan'l Braain's claaos. 'is bull
'll'aunch tha]. Wil.1 n. Wil. Common (E.H.G.). Som.W. & J.
Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 Less commonly used than horch (q.v.). Dev.3
5. sb. A voracious snap or snatch ; an attempt to bite
from behind.
Sc. (JAM.) N.I.1 The dog made a hanch at me. n.Yks.*
[1. Som hanchyd of the heued, Wars Alex. (c. 1450) 774.
Fr. hancher, to snatch at with the teeth (COTGR.).]
HANCHMAN, see Henchman.
HANCHUM-SCRANSHUM, sb. Lin. Also written
anshum- n.Lin.1 [a'nfam-skranjam.] Bewilderment, con-
fusion, disorder. Also used attrib.
A scramble for food at a table where there is a scarcity ;
any scene of confusion, THOMPSON Hist. Boston (1856; 698 ; Lin.1
Provisions were scarce, and to get at it I never saw such hanchum-
scranshum work in my life. n.Lin.1 Ther' was a deal o' anshum-
scranshum wark at Smith's saale along o' th' auksoneer not causin'
foSks to stan' e* a ring.
HANCLE, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Also written hankie Sc.
[ha'rjkl.] A handful ; a great deal, considerable quantity
or amount. See Hantle.
Sc. Just like a hankie folks, they think they're right enough if
they go to kirk on Sunday, CALDER Presbyt. Eloq. (1694) 155, ed.
1847. n-Cy. (W.T.), N.Cy.1, Nhb.1
HAND, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms an- Nhp.1 Oxf.1 Dev. ; haand Sh.I. ;
han Sc. QAM.) Cai.1 N.I.1 Nhb.1 Dur.1Lakel.12Cum.14e.Yks.1
w.Yks. Suf.1 Dev. ; hant Lan. ; haun Ayr. Lnk. ; hond
w.Yks. Lan.1 s.Stf. [h)an(d, aen(d, ond.] 1. sb. In
comb, (i) Hand-ball, the game of rounders ; (2) -barrow,
a barrow or kind of large tray on legs, with four projecting
handles, carried by the hands ; (3) -beast, the horse a
ploughman directs with his left hand ; (4) -beat, to cut off
the turf, &c. with a mattock, in order to burn it and so
render the land arable ; see Burn-beat ; (5) -beating,
the process of preparing land by ' burn-beating' (q.v.) ;
(6) -bellows, a small pair of bellows ; (7) -bill, a bill-hook
or hedging-hook ; (8) -bind, a grip in wrestling ; (9)
•blomary, Obs., a smelting furnace; (10) -board, a tea-tray;
(n) -bolts, handcuffs; (12) -bound, (a) fully occupied,
very busy ; (b) hampered, put to inconvenience ; (13)
-box, the lower handle of a sawyer's long pit-saw ; also
called Box ; (14) -braid or -breed, a hand's breadth ; (15)
•breadth, a measure of 3 inches, sometimes used loosely
for ' hand ' ; (16) -brush, a brush used for domestic clean-
ing purposes ; (17) -burying, a walking funeral, in which
the body is carried by hand ; (18) -canter, a quick canter;
(19) -carrying, see (17) ; (20) -'s-chare, light household
work ; a very small piece of work, an odd job ; (21) -clap,
a moment, short space of time ; (22) -cled, gloved ; (23)
•cloth, (a) a towel; (b) a pocket-handkerchief; (24) -clout
or -cloot, see (23, a) ; (25) -cold, cold enough to chill the
hands ; (26) -croppers, obs., workmen who formerly cropped
or cut the raised fibres on the face of cloth, by hand; (27)
•darg, handiwork, labour, toil ; what is gained by labour;
(28) -drist, to separate corn from the chaff, &c., after it is
threshed, by rubbing it between the hands ; (29) -fast, (a) to
betroth ; to pledge; to shake hands overabargain ; also used
attrib. ; (b) able to hold tight; also usedyfc.; (30) -fasting or
•fisting, obs., a betrothal ; see below ; (31) -fill, to separate
the small from the large coal in a mine ; (32) -flower, the
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wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri; (33) -frandie, a hand-rick
or small stack of corn, no higher than can be reached with
the hand ; (34) -ful, (a) a heavy charge or task ; a burden,
responsibility ; (b) a few ; a small quantity ; (35) -gear,
any working arrangement of machinery, which is moved
by hand ; (36) -gloves, gloves ; (37) -going or -gying, re-
ported from one to another ; (38) -greeping-hook, obs., a
hook formerly used by women for cutting wheat ; (39)
•grip, a grasp of the hand ; (40) -gun, a pistol ; a pop-gun ;
(41) -babble, see below ; (42) -hail!, hand-whole, fit for
all one's work ; (43) -hap, a chance, hazard ; (44) -hats, a
kind of glove, made of thick felt, covering only the palm
of the hand and the fingers ; (45) -hawk, a plasterer's tool
on which he lays the plaster ; (46) -hold, a firm grasp with
the hand ; anything that may be grasped or taken hold of
with the hand ; (47) -hollow, a term used in the game of
' hop-scotch ' or ' hitchy-dabber ' ; see below ; (48) -hook,
tanning term : a short iron hook, fixed in a cross-handle
of wood, with which tanners move the wet hides ; (49)
•hoven-bread, oatmeal bread kneaded very stiffly and
with very little leaven ; (50) -huts, small stacks built by
hand, by a person standing on the ground ; (51) -idle, idle,
having nothing to occupy the hands ; (52) -irons, flat-irons
for laundry work ; (53) -ladder, a light ladder, easily
carried by hand ; (54) -lass, a windlass ; the handle of a
windlass ; (55) -leather, a partial leather covering for the
hands of shoemakers, brick-fillers, &c. ; (56) -led, led by
the hand ; (57) -less, awkward, clumsy ; awkward in using
the hands ; (58) -line, (a) a fishing-line for taking fish from
the bottom of deep water ; also used attrib. ; (b) fishing
with a hand-line ; (59) -making, making or manufacturing
by hand as opposed to machinery; (60) -meag, a tool
used to mow peas, brake, &c. ; (61) -mow, a small stack
of hay or corn ; (62) -ock, see (45) ; (63) -offer, a gift ; (64)
•pannier, a small hand-basket; (65) -pat, ready at hand,
convenient ; off-hand, fluent ; (66) -payment, a beating ;
(67) -picked, used of large coals or coke filled by hand
without using a shovel ; (68) -pin, a wooden pin used for
the purpose of wringing hanks ; (69) -pins, the handles of
a scythe ; (70) -plane, a smoothing-plane ; (71) -promise, a
betrothal, troth-plight ; (72) -prop, a walking-stick ; (73)
•putter, a person who ' puts ' or pushes a barrow without
the assistance of a pony, in a coal-mine ; (74) -rackle,
careless, acting without consideration ; active, ready ; (75)
•raising, the process of raising the surface of cloth, &c.
by hand-cards ; (76) -reel, an old reel or machine, used
for winding and numbering the hanks of yarn ; (77) -rest,
the right-hand or slighter handle of a ' timbern zole ' ;
(78) -ride or -rode, a term used by shepherds in sheep-
breeding; see below ; (79) -running, consecutively, con-
tinuously, in uninterrupted succession ; (80) -saw, in phr.
to have a voice like the sharpening of a handsaw, to have
a harsh, disagreeable voice ; (81) -scroo,a rick of sheaves
such as can be built by hand from the ground : (82) -seller,
see below ; (83) -shaking, (a) a correction, punishment ;
a close engagement, grappling ; (6) an interference, inter-
meddling; (84) -sneakies, see (n); (85) -shoes, gloves;
(86) -smooth, quite level, as smooth as the palm of the
hand, without obstacle, uninterruptedly ; (87) -spaik or
•spoke, a handspike, a piece of wood with handles, used
esp. for carrying the dead to the place of interment ; (88)
•spike, a wooden lever, shod with iron ; (89) -spring, a
street-arab's acrobatic performance ; (90) -staff or -stave,
(a) the handle of a flail ; (b) see (72) ; (91) -staff-cap, the
swivel that joins the handle and swingle of a flail ; (92)
•stick, see (90, a) ; (93) -stir, (a) a very small distance ;
a slight movement ; (b) the smallest possible amount of
labour ; (94) -stocking, a mitten ; • (95) -stone, a small
stone, a pebble ; (96) -strike, (a) a blow with the hand ;
(b) a strong piece of wood used as a lever to a windlass ;
(97) -stroke, see (93, b); (98) -tethers, (a) see (n) ; (b)
pursuits requiring constant attention ; (99) -thief, one who
steals with the hands ; (100) -tied, (a) unable to leave a
job in which one is engaged ; (b) hand-clasped ; (101)
•ties, (a) see (n) ; (b) see (98, b) ; (102) -tillage, artificial
manure spread on the land with the hand ; (103) -tree,
obs., the top piece of the ' going part ' of a hand-loom ;
(104) -turn or -'s turn, a single act of doing a piece of
work ; (105) -wailed or -waled, remarkable, distinguished
in whatever way ; carefully selected ; (106) -wave, to
| streek ' a measure of grain by striking it with the hand
in order to give good measure ; (107) -waving, a mode of
measuring grain by striking it with the hand ; (108) -wed,
weeded by hand; (109) -('s while, a little while; (no)
•woman, a midwife ; (111) -wrist, the wrist ; (112) -write,
handwriting, penmanship ; (113) -wrought, fabricated by
hand.
(i) Sc. Ye may walk in't very near three hours a-day, and play
at pitch-and-toss, and hand-ba', and what not, SCOTT Guy M. (1815)
xliv. e.Dur.1 More commonly called ' roondies.' Played by girls
with shells ('williks') and a ball, whilst these words are recited: —
' Set a cup upon a rock, Chalk me one a pot. One, two, three,
four, One at a time,' &c. ' One up,' &c. (2) Gall. MACTAGGART
Encycl. ,1824). se.Wor.1 A barrow or carriage without a wheel,
but with a pair of handles at each end, by which to carry it.
w.Som.1 In constant use by gardeners for carrying flowers, &c. ;
also in quarries for carrying stones. 3 Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl.
< 1824). ^4) Dev. To hand-beat, to cut off the surface of the earth
or spine with a hough, which is otherwise done with a spade, and
sometimes with a breast plough, and even with a paring-plough,
drawn with horses, in order for sweating or burning, GROSE (1790)
MS. add. (M.) (5) w.Som.1 The act of digging up with a mattock
old weedy and furzy turf (which is too full of roots to be ploughed)
for the purpose of burning it, and so rendering the land arable.
n.Dev. Whare they be shooling o' beat, handbeating or angle-
bowing, Exm. Scold. (1746' 1. 197. w.Dev. Chipping off the sward
with a beating-axe, MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796) I. 142. (6) Sc.
I'll bring a pair o' han'-bellows, Sc. Haggis, 60. (7^ n.Cy. (J.W.%
s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Come out herewith the handbills and brattle
all the willows anywhere nigh, FENN Dick o the Fens (1888) iv.
(8) Sh.I. Dey wir nae buttiri i' da haandbind I link, an' hit wis as
weel for Geordie, Sh. News (May 7, 1898). (9) Hrf. Iron ore was
discovered in the sandy district of Wormelow hundred as early as
the time of the Romans in Britain, and many of the hand-blomaries
used by them have been met with on Peterslow Common, MAR-
SHALL Review (1818) II. 303. (10) e.Lan.1, Chs.1, s.Chs.' (u)
Hmp. (J.R.W.), Hmp.1 (12, a) Lth. How may hand-bound
ininnie get Her tottums clad sae gaily? BALLANTINE Poems (1856)
276. (b) Nhb.1 An old bird fancier, when asked how he was
getting on, replied, ' Middlin ! Aa's fair handbun for the want o'
a Jack ' [jackdaw], (13) Wil.1 (14) Frf. He perceived a nitch in
it, some more than a hand-brode from the hilt, LOWSON Guid-
follow (1890) 282. e.Fif. Cuttin' the legs o' them a hand-breed
ower short, LATTO Tarn Bodkin \ 1864) viii. Ayr. Ae limpin leg
a hand-breed shorter, BURNS Willie's Wife, st. 3 ; I went out from
his presence a hand-breid heicher in my own estimation, SERVICE
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 89. Lnk. Pouther up her hair, An' stick
her newest kame abune't, A hand-braid high an' mair, MURDOCH
Doric Lyre { 1873^1 93. Nhb.1, Cum. 14,e.Yks.1,w.Yks.1, e.Lan. ^n.Lin.1,
Nhp.1 ( 15) Shr.1 A rather loose expression, signifying approximately
rather than exactly, Introd. 93. ( 16) w. Mid. They have a handle about
a foot long, which is cut from the same piece of wood as the back.
This is about 4 in. square, except that the end farthest away from the
handle is slightly rounded like a cricket-bat (W.P.M.). (17) n.Yks.2
(18) Ayr. They drove at a fine 'han' canter' down the Kyle Stew-
art, AINSLIE Land of Burns (_ed. 1892) 49. (19) n.Yks.2 Many of
the old inhabitants had an aversion to be hearsed, choosing rather
to be ' carried by hand and sung before,' as it was the mode of
their families in time past ; and in the suspensary manner of
'hand-carrying' with the hold of linen towels passing beneath the
coffin, we still see women borne by women, as men by men, &c.,
Introd. 9. (20) s.Not. Oh, my sister ! she niver does a hand's-
chare for me (J.P.K.). s.Lin. Obs. (T.H.R.) Lei.1 I have no one
to do a hand's-chare for me. Nhp.1 ' She wont do a hands-chare,'
is a common mode of complaint against an indolent, inactive person ;
Nhp.2, War.3 (21 ) Cai.1 Gall. They would get husbands in a hand-
clap, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 302, ed. 1876. (22)n.Yks.2 (23,0)
Lakel.^Cum.4 (AlLakel.2 (24)n.Cy.GROSE(i7go). Dur.'.Lakel.12,
Cum.14 n.Yks. Muder, ev yo- seen t'hand-clout? A want to wipe
thees things (W.H.); n.Yks.124, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur.
Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Leuk fer t'clean hancloot an' all,
BLACKAH Poems (1867) 10; w.Yks.15, nw.Der.1, n.Lin.1 (25) Ken.1
There was a frost down in the bottoms, for I was right-down hand-
cold as I come up to the great house. (26) w.Yks. The ire of the
hand-croppersin this district were directed against a machine termed
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a frame, PEEL Luddites (iK^ 9. (27) Sc. (JAM. Suppl.] Ayr.
Nought but his han' darg, to keep Them right an' tight, BURNS
Twa Dogs (1786) 1. 77. (28) S. & Ork.1 (39, a) Sc. Endeavour
to have in mind the love of your espousals, when ye and Christ
were hand-fasted, THOMSON Cloud of Witnesses (1714) 254, ed. 1871 ;
This Isobel was but handfast with him, and deceased before the
marriage, ANDREWS Bygone Ch, Life (1899) 210; That gentle-
woman had confess'd to himself she was handfast before she came
out of England, SPOTTISWOODE Miscell. (1844) I. 107. Nhb.1 Obs.
Lakel.2 n.Yks.2 'A handfast lot,' unionists. Handfasted, pledged.
(6) Ken.1 'Old George is middlin' handfast to-day' (said of a good
catch at cricket). Dev.1 When a was bad a was zo handyfast that
a widn't suffer her out o' es sight neart or day, 40. (30) Sc. It
was not until more than twenty years after the Reformation that
the custom of handfasting,' which had comedown from old Celtic
times, fell into disrepute, and consequent disuse. By this term
was understood cohabitation for a year, the couple being then free
to separate, unless they agreed to make the union permanent,
ANDREWS Bygone Ch. Life (1899) 210; Among the various customs
now ots. the most curious was that of ' handfisting.' . . In the
upper part of Eskdale . . . was held an annual fair, where multi-
tudes of each sex repaired. The unmarried looked out for mates,
made their engagements by joining hands, or by handfisting, went
off in pairs, cohabited till the next annual return of the fair . . .
and then were at liberty to declare their approbation or dislike of
each other. If each party continued constant, the handfisting was
renewed for life, PENNANT Tour (1772) 91, 92 (JAM.). Slk. We
hae corned far . . . for a preevat but honest hand-fasting, HOGG
Tales (1838) 368, ed. 1866. Dmf. At that fair it was the custom
for the unmarried persons of both sexes to choose a companion . . .
with whom they were to live till that time next year. This was
called hand-fasting, Statist. Ace. XII. 615 (JAM.). N.Cy.2, Nhb.
(K.) (31) Nhb. To separate the small from the large coals in the
mine, the latter being filled by the hand into the tub or corf,
and the former thrown to the side of the working-place, or filled
separately as required (R.O.H.X Nhb. ,Dur. GREENWELL CoalTr.
Gl. (ed. 1888). -32) w.Yks. LEES Flora (1888) 137.' (33) Fif.
(JAM.) (34, a) Cai1 Unfeeling or selfish persons who have to
attend to one in severe or protracted illness, sometimes say that
' he is a sair hanfuV Sh.I. If he's [it's] no a haandfoo 'at folk haes
wi'dem fraeda first faelis lifted an' fil <Ltill] deri' da paet-neuk, dan,
dan! Sh.Netvs(Aug. 13, 1898). Kcd. Years the bailie lied been dowie,
Lang an unco han'fu' till her, GRANT Lays (1884) 45. Per. I leave
ye wi' a heavy handfu', but oh, woman, lean on Him to whom
naething's a burden. JACQUES Herd Laddie, 24. Lnk. Watty left
wi' sic a han'fu', What to dae, losh ! couldna see, NICHOLSON
Idylls (1870) 28. Ayr. He had been long a heavy handful, having
been for years but, as it were, a breathing lump of mortality, GALT
Provost (1822) viii. Nhb. 'He has a handful' (of work or anxiety).
When any person is bedridden and helpless, they are said to be a
' heavy handfa ' to those in whose care they are i^R.O.H.V Yks.
(J.W.) sw.Lin.1 You are well aware I have a handful wi' the boys.
Rut.1 He's quite a handful, you're sure ! War.2 You'll find that lad
a rare handful. s.Wor.1 ' Our 'Liza's wonderful took up uv that
chap o' hern, but if they gets married he'll be a handful, I reckon.
Glo. (A.B.) Oxf.1 MS. add. Ken.1 To have a handful is to have
as much as a person can do and bear. ' Mrs. S. says she has a sad
handful with her mother.' Snr. (L.J.Y.) (6) Fif. I stood for a
handfu' o' minutes afore I steppit aneath the trees, ROBERTSON
Provost (1894) 22. (35) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (36) Cor.1 What! begging
with hand-gloves on ! (37) n.Yks.2 (38) nw.Dev.1 It was about
half the length of an ordinary reap-hook (q.v.\ and was used in
the right hand whilst the wheat was greeped [gripped] with the
left. About six greeps or handfuls were made into one sheaf.
(39) n.Yks.2 (40) Sc. Jockey and his mither came hame together,
cheek for chow, cracking like twa hand-guns, GRAHAM Writings
(1883) II. 31. (41) Rxb. Business that is done quickly, summarily,
without any previous plan, or without loss of time, is said to be
done hand-habblc. It often includes the idea of something haughty
or imperious in the mode of acting (JAM.). (42) Per. The man
that sits, as I do here, Haund-haill, an' neither slow to steer Nor
quick to live, HALIBURTON Ochil Idylls (1891) 40. (43) Fif. Athand-
hap, by chance (JAM.). (44) Nhb. These were formerly made at
Corbridge for the teazers at glass works, who wore hand-hats to
protect their hands in holding the hot pokers and tools used in
their work. Obsol. (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 (45) Nhp.1 s.v. Hawk.
e.An.1 (46) n.Yks.1 Ah couldn't ho'd mah handho'd, strahve as I
moud ; n.Yks.2 ' Tak good hand-hod,' take firm hold ; n.Yks.4 It
'ez a good hand-ho'd ti't. e.Yks.1 Hez tha getten a good hand-
hod, for if thoo hez'nt it'll slip away frc tha. Lin. STREATFEILD
Lilt, and Danes (1884) 335. n.Lin.1 I darn't climb noa higher,
ther's naather hand-hohd nor foot-hohd for one. Ken.1 'Tis a
plaguey queer job to climb up there, there an't no hand-hold. (47)
e.Dur.1 Used by girls when playing the game of ' hitchy-dabber '
(hopscotch). Often the ' dabber' gets so near the line that a girl
cannot insert the breadth of her hand between, in which case she
must give up the ' dabber ' to her opponent to play. (48) Chs.1
(49) N.Cy.2, Lan. (K.) (50) [A dry moment should be seized to
put 2 or 3 stocks into what are called hand-huts in the field, that
is, small stacks built by hand, by a person standing on the ground,
STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 372.] (51) Sc. I am hand-idle
like yourself, minister, KEITH Bonnie Lady (1897) 79. Sh.I. A'm
gaein ta spin a treed o' wirset. I can say A'm haand idle for da
want o' hit, Sh. News (Feb. 12, 1898). N.I.1 They're hand idle
for want o' their tools. (52) e.Yks. (S.K.C.) (53) Wgt. Jamie's
quarters were in the loft, to which a hand-ladder led, FRASER
Wigtown (1877) 229. (54; Shr.12 (55) n.Yks. (I.W.) (56)
n.Yks.2 ' A hand-led bairn," a child just beginning to walk. (57)
Sc. Being a lonely man, and used to fend for himself, . . the
schoolmaster was not as handless as might be supposed, KEITH
Bonnie Lady (1897) 69 ; A handless taupie, a woman who exerts
herself in so slovenly a way, that she still lets her work fall out
of her hands (JAM.). Cai.1 Bnff. Hundreds of times we have
tasted beef tea . . . cooked by handless dawdles, which an Irish
pig would disgorge, GORDON Citron. Keith (1880) 75. Frf. He is
most terribly handless, BARRIE M. Ogilvy (1896 128. Rnf. Curse
her for a hanless gab, YOUNG Pictures (1865) 162. Ayr. Wha wad
keep thehandless coo f That couldna labour lea? BURNS O can ye labour
lea ? Lnk. Ane and a' were puir feckless han'less creaturs, their
fingers were a" thooms as the saying is, FRASER Whaups (1895)
173. e.Lth. I peety ony man wha gets ane o' the thowless, han'-
less tawpies, HUNTER J. Inwick (1895) 148. Cum.14 (58, a)
Sh.I. Formerly sinkers were made of klamal or soap-stone, instead
of lead as at present, and to this day fishermen speak of the haand-
line stane or lead stane, a remnant of the ancient practice, SPENCE
Fit-Lore (1899) 129. Cai.1 A hand-line is wrought vertically from
a boat. The hooks are at the end. It is run to the bottom, and
then drawn back a fathom or so. (6) Sh.I. They had been off at
the handline, and on their return one evening after dark were re-
counting the day's adventures to the old man, SPENCE Flk-Lore
(1899) 22. (59) Frf. The days o' hand-makin' are aboot past an'
dune noo, WILLOCK Rosetty Ends (1886; 2, ed. 1889. (60) Nrf.
I want you to make me a hand-meag, EMERSON Son of Fens (1892;
96. (61) Som. (W.F.R.) (62) Dev. Reports Pro-vine. (1889). (63)
n.Yks.2 (64) Glo. GROSE U79O) MS. add. (M.) (65) Nhp.1 He
told it me as hand pat as could be ; Nhp.2, War.3 Wor. Another
illustration comes hand-pat, Evesham Jrn. (Jan. 30, 1897). Oxf.1
Uur'd dhii wul stoo'ri uz an 'pat uz cuod bee ['Er 'd (she had) the
wul stoory as anpat as could be]. Bdf. BATCHELOR Anal. Eng.
Lang. (1809! 135. Dor. He had it all handpat, BARNES Gl. (1863).
Som. I've hitch un upon chimbley-crook, han'pat again he's wanted,
RAYMOND Men o' Mcndip (1898) i. Dev. Got et han'pat, PULMAN
Sketches (1842) 102, ed. 1871. (66) Abd. (JAM.) (67) Nhb.. Dur.
NICHOLSON Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (68) w.Yks. Usually from 18 to
24 inches long, and gen. made of lignum vitae (R.S.). (69)
nw.Dev.1 (70) Sc. (JAM.) (71) Ir. But Molly says, ' I'd his hand-
promise, an' shure he'll meet me agin,' TENNYSON To-morrow
^1885). (72) Sc. Wha negleckit to bring your hand-prap ? O
whaur i' the warld's your bane-headit staff? STEWART Character
(1857)27. (73) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. NICHOLSON Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
\Reports Mines.] (74) Slk. The hand-rackle Homes, the dorty
Dumbars, HOGG Perils of Man (1822) III. 12 QAM.). Rxb. He's
as hand-rackle a fallow as in a' the parish (JAM.X (75) w.Yks.
(J.M.) (76) Gall. MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824). (77) nw.Dev.1
(78) Not. A word used by flock-owners or their men when in the
autumn the ewes are put to the ram ; it really means that instead
of the ewes running with the ram he is kept up and the ewes
brought to him and put in stocks, to be served ( W.L.H.) ; Not.3 (79)
Lakel.2, Cum.14 n.Yks. (T.S.); n.Yks.1 Hestoppedaway three weeks
hand-running and nivver went til his work at all ; n.Yks.4 He's
ta'en fowr prizes han'-running. ne.Yks.1 We've had three deeaths
i' t'toon three tahms han'-runnin'. w.Yks. Shoo fetched her hus-
band hooam twenty-one nights, hand-running, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE
Bairns/a Ann. (1852) 10 ; w.Yks.1 ; w.Yks.2 He won six games
hand-running ; w.Yks.5 Lan.1 He'd feight the whole lot on 'em,
hond-running, as easy as ninepencc. e.Lan.1, m.Lan.1, Stf.1,
nw.Der.1, Not.1 s.Not. I've hit that post five times hand running
(J.P.K.). n.Lin. Th' sho't-horn coo lied three roand cauves hand-
runnin' (M.P.); n.Lin.1 Ther' was six deaths from that feaver hand-
running. Let1, Nhp.1, War.8 Bck., Bdf. I fell down three times,
hand-running (J.W.B. . Hut. (T.P.F.) (8o1 N.I.1 (81) Cai.1
(8a) Lon. The sellers of tins, who carry them under their arms, or
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in any way on a round, apart from the use of a vehicle, are known
as hand-sellers, MAYHEW Land. Labour (1851) I. 354. (83, a)
Slk. Fain wad I hae had a handshaking wi' them, HOGG Brownie
of Bodsbeck (1818) (JAM.). Nhb. ' Aa gav him a hanshakin,' I
corrected him severely ( M .H. D. ). (b) Rxb. I wad likenaethingbetter
than to hae a handshakin' wi' that business (JAM.). (84) Nhb.1
(85) s.Sc. The skin of the goat that furnishes soft hand-shoes, as
they call gloves in the Pictish counties of Scotland, WILSON Tales
(1836) III. 142. (86) e.An.1 He ate it up hand-smooth. Suf.1,
e.Suf. (F.H.) (87) Sc. The coffin was carried out on hand-spaiks,
HUNTER J. Armigers Revenge (1897) xv. Sh.I. Da men wis fix'd
da twa fowereen staangs 'at Geordie Moad wis taen frae da banks
fir haandspaiks, Sh. News (Jan. 7, 1899). e.Lth. It took four-an-
twenty men wi' han'-spaiks to lift him doun the avenue, HUNTER
/. Inwick (1895) 74. Gall. The old freet . . . that those who fall
when at the handspake aneath the corpse, will soon be the corpse
themsell, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 263, ed. 1876. Nhb.1, n.Lin.1,
Suf.1 (88) w.Yks.1 Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892). (89) Lon. I'd even
begin tumbling when I went out on errands, doing hand-spring,
and starts-up (that's laying on your back and throwing yourself
up), MAYHEW Land. Labour (ed. 1861) III. 104. (9O,«)Sc. (JAM.\
Cai.1 Gall. The swoople on the end of the handstaff being whirled
round on the barn-floor by the barnman, MACTAGGART Encycl.
(1824) 49, ed. 1876. N.I.1 (s.v. Flail.) Nhb.1 Cum. We fit up a
flail Wi' handstaff, and soople, and cappin, DICKINSON Cumbr.
(1875) 230; Cum.14 Wm. I brokken mi handstaff (B.K.).
n.Yks.124, ne.Yks.1. w.Yks.1, Chs.1, s.Chs.1, nw.Der.1, s.Not.
(J.P.K.), n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Anstiff, a corruption of handstaff; the
handle of a flail. Shr.2, Hrf.2 Glo. The labourer held the hand-
staff in both hands, swung it over his head, and brought the swingle
down horizontally, GIBBS Cotswold Vill. (1898) 385. Bdf. BATCHE-
LOR Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809^ 135. e.An.1 Suf. RAINBIRD Agric.
(1819) 294, ed. 1849 ; Suf.1, e.Suf. (F.H;), Ken.1, Wil.1, Som.
(W.F.R.) Dev. Ansteeve, the handle of a flail, HEWETT Peas. Sp.
(1892)46. nw.Dev.1 (b) Per. Hoastin' on their haund-staffs, And
crynin' wi' the cauld, HALIBURTON Ochil Idylls (1891) 59. (91)
e.An.1 (92) War.3, s.Wor.' w.Som.1 It is a round, straight piece
of very tough ash, so shaped as to leave a projecting ring of wood
at the top. Over this comes the capel (q.v.), which is hollowed
out to fit this ring, and turns easily upon it without coming off
from the handstick. 193, a) w.Yks. Nay lass, ah'm noan gooin ta
move a hand stir, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Baimsla Ann. (1896) 4.
n.Lin.1 I've heard them saay as hes been e' Lunnun, that th' roak's
ofens soa thick theare 'at you can't sea a handstir afoore you,
reight e' th' middle o' th' daay. (b) w.Yks.5 ' Come, come, my
lass, we've nivver done a hand-stir yet — get t'shool an' be cindering
t'hearth up ! ' ' Hands-turn ' implies less of action than ' hands-
stir.' n.Lin.1 Here you are clartin' aboot an" not a handstir of
wark dun yet. (94) [Poetry Provinc. in Cornh. Mag. (1865) XII.
40.] (95) Sc. Formerly used for a small stone or one that could
be easily lifted and thrown by the hand, in contradistinction from
one which required much greater exertion (JAM.). Wgt. In this
moor, and not far from the tomb, are great heaps of small hand-
stones, which the country people call Cairnes, FRASER Wigtown
(1877) 196. (96, a) Sc. Flycht is called flyting, in French 'mellc,'
quhilk sumtimes is conjoined with hand-streikes, SKENE Difficult
Wds. (1681) 87. (b) Shr.2 (97) Yks. (J.W.'i n.Lin.1 ' I'd hardly
struck a hand-stroak when doon she cums.' Said by a man who
had felled a rotten tree. (98) n.Yks.2 (99) Sh.I. Of slanderers
it is said : 'Ye may lock afore a haand t'ief, but no afore a tongue
t'ief,' SPENCE Fit-Lore (1899^ 229. (100, a) Nhb.1 (b) Som. From
the balconies above did hand-tied lovers lean and sigh, RAYMOND
Tryphena (1895) 23. (101) n.Yks.2 (102) w.Yks. Bone-dust, or
as it is called, hand-tillage, is used to a great extent for twenty
miles around Sheffield, MARSHALL Review (1808) I. 386. (103)
w.Yks. The weaver's left hand rested on this for the purpose of
giving the necessary backward and forward motion to the sley
(J.T.); (S.P.U.) (104) Sc. I would do a hand's-turn myself, and
blithely, KEITH Bonnie Lady (1897) 67. Sh.I. Du ye link "at we'd
grudged your maet if ye'd niver be duin' a haand's turn? Sh.News
(Oct. 30, 1897). Per. A useless body, hardly able to do a hand's
turn, FERGUSSON Vill. Poet (1897) 62. Dmb. Keep baith yoursel
and me without doin a han's turn of wark, CROSS Disruption (1844)
ix. Lnk. She's a rale wee leddy yon, and canna dae a han's turn,
FRASER Whaups (1895) 94. Gall. The shilpit pulin' brat that
never did a hand's turn in her life, CROCKETT Standard Bearer
(1898) 200. N.I.1 He hasn't done a hand's turn these six months.
Nhb. Aa henna dyun a hands-turn thi day (R.O.H.); Nhb.1, e.Dur.1
Cum.1 He will n't set to ya hand's turn ; Cum.4 n.Yks. I haint
duan a single hand's tonn fora fotnith (T.S.); n.Yks.1' Ah's nivver
deean a hand-to'n sen Marti'mas ' ; spoken by a person incapaci-
tated by illness ; n.Yks.4 Sha's that lazy 'at sha wean't deea a
hand-to'n foor hersen let alean foor onnybody else. ne.Yks.1
w.Yks.1 ; w.Yks.5 ' Come, gi'e us a hand-turn wi't lad ! ' — lend us
your assistance here. Lan.1, Nhp.1 War.2 Not a hand's-turn
would be put for'ad to help anybody ; War.3 Nrf. She niver
offered to dew a hand's tu'n, but stood garpin an starin just like
numb chance (E.M.\ Suf. 'He gave her a hand's turn,' a help
with hand labour (e.g. in digging) (C.L.F.). (105) Sc. Often used
in a bad sense ; as 'a hand-wail'd waster,' a mere prodigal QAM.).
Ayr. My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase, BURNS Ep. to Maj.
Logan (Oct. 30, 1786) st. 7. Lnk. Sic wordy, wanton, hand-wail'd
ware, RAMSAY Poems (ed. 1733) 112. (106) Nhb.1 To streek a
measure of corn with the hand by waving or passing the fingers
over it to leave good measure. e.Yks. When they hand-wave (the
come), they drawe (it) lightly aboute in the bushell with theire
hand, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641) 104. [Not striked, but heaped, or
at least hand-waved, so that the full allowance will weigh even
more than this, STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 311.] (107)
Abd. They are measured by hand-waving, i.e. they are stroked by
the hand about 4 inches above the top of the firlot, Statist. Ace.
H- 533 GAM.). (108) Not. You'll have to get all them nettles
hand-wed, afore you can make a job of it (L.C.M.). sw.Lin.1 It'll
be sooner all hacked up than hand-wed. (109) Slk., Feb. (JAM.),
Nhp.1 (no) Dev. (HALL.) (in) Glo.1, Sus. (F.A.A.) w.Hmp.
I sprained my hand-wrist (H.C.M.B.). Wil.1, n.Dor. (S.S.B.)
Som. He dragged me all up the court by the hand-wristes (S.K.L.) ;
(W.F.R.) w.Som.1 Aay-vu-kuuf mce aivrus [I have cut my wrist].
Dev. Poor little Clara West 'ath a-valled down pin tap tha ice an'
brawked 'er 'and-wrist, HEWETT Peas. Sp, (1892). (112) Sc.
Albeit it wanted a subscription, yet by the handwrite, and the style,
and thepurpose,! knewit tobe yours, WoDKOwSoc.Se/.B/ocg'.(i847)
1.95. Cai.1 Lnk. Adhered to your preaching book, and declared
the same to be your own hand-write, WODROW Ch. Hist. (1721)
IV. 448, ed. 1828. Kcb. His hand-write and his seal, RUTHERFORD
Lett. (i66o)No. 284. N.I.1 Whose hand-write is that? (ii3)n.Yks.2
2. Phr. (a) sing, (i) Hand and hail, a game; see below;
(2) — awhile, now and then ; (3) — for nieve, side by side,
cheek by jowl ; abreast ; also used fig. ; (4) — in gully, a
small half-circle just within a large ring, from which
a boy, in a game of marbles, shoots or ' lobs ' until he
knocks one out ; (5) — in the pie, concern or interference
in a matter ; (6) — of writ or write, handwriting, penman-
ship ; (7) — over fist, with all possible haste or speed,
hand over hand ; (8) — over head, (a) indiscriminately, in-
considerately, without calculating consequences ; (b) in
confusion or disorder, pell-mell, confusedly ; (c) used of
hemp-dressing when the coarse is not separated from the
fine part ; (9) — to nieve, hand to hand, singly opposed ;
(10) ahin the hand, in arrears, in debt; (n) ahint the—,
after the event; (12) at no—, on no account; (13) at
one — , at one time ; (14) behind or behint — , (a) see (10) ;
(b) in secret, in an underhand way; (15) by — , (a) past,
done with ; (b) out of the way; (i6J/ae— , not at hand;
(17) in — , in charge ; going on ; (18) off— , at once, without
deliberation; (19) off one's — , of one's own accord ; (20)
off the— , fed by the hand; (21) out of—, (a) forthwith,
immediately; without delay ; (b) reckless, oft-hand, rough
and ready; (c) applied to a child when first able to walk
alone ; (d) finished, completed ; (22) with the —, easily
done ; (23) any hand afore, ready and prepared for any
undertaking; (24) the back of my hand to, an ungracious
farewell ; a mild rejection or repulse ; (25) at every hand's
turn, every moment, on every occasion ; (26) there's my
hand, an expression of sincere conviction ; (27) to bear
hand at, (a) to blame, hold one guilty of a thing ; (b) to
owe a grudge to, bear malice against ; (28) to be on the
mending hand, to improve in health, be convalescent ; (29)
to buy by hand, to estimate the value of anything without
weighing it; (30) to give a hand, to help, assist ; (31) to
give in hand, to give into a person's hand ; (32) to have a
full hand, to have plenty of work ; (33) to hold the hand,
to keep in a state of expectation ; to carry on correspond-
ence with opposite parties in a clandestine manner ; (34)
to keep in hand, to keep in reserve; to be tedious in
executing; (35) to lend a hand, see (30); (36) to make
a hand of, (a) to spoil, waste, destroy ; (b) to make a good
business or profit out of; (c) to impose upon, make a
HAND
HAND
profit out of a person ; (d) to make a handle out of, fig. to
make a cause of quarrel ; (37) to make the safest hand of it,
to make a sure job of it ; (38) to put hand to paper, to write ;
to commit oneself by writing ; (39) to put anything by hand,
to go through with it ; (40) to put hand in or to oneself, to
commit suicide ; (41) to put in hand, (42) to put to the
hand, to begin work, commence a job ; (43) to take a hand
at, to make fun of; to mislead purposely ; (44) to take by
the hand, to marry ; (45) to take through hand, to take to
task ; (46) one's own hand, one's own doing, of one's own
accord.
(l) Dmf. Two goals, called ' hails ' or ' dules,' are fixed on : . .
the two parties then place themselves between the goals or ' dules.'
and one of the persons, taking a soft elastic ball, about the size of
a man's fist, tosses it into the air. and as it falls strikes it with his
palm towards his antagonists. . . As soon as the ball is • gowft,'
that is struck away, the opposite party attempt to intercept it in its
fall. This is called ' keppan' the ba'.' If they succeed in this
attempt, the person who does so is entitled to throw the ball with
all his might towards his antagonists (JAM.). (2) Nhb.1 (3) Cai.1
Rnf. Han'-tbr-nieve, the hawkies Stan'. PICKEN Poems (1788) 53
(JAM.). Lnk. Haun for nieve awa' fu' proud They tak the road
thegither, WATSON Poems (1853) 42. e.Ltb. No' a frien' to lippen
to, an' the Irish han'-for-nieve wi' oor enemies, HUNTER J. Inwick
(1895)77. (4) Oxf.1 MS. add. (5) Edb. Has our folk nae hand i'
the pye, Like the ither lads that bides o'er by? LIDDLE Poems
(1821)205. n.Cy. (J.W.) (6) Sc. Div ye think naebody can read
hand o' writ but yoursell ? SCOTT Antiquary (1816) xv. Abd. Ken
ye that nan' o' wreet ? MACDONALD Malcolm (1875' III. 250. Dmh. I
. ..soon learn 'da han'some hand o' write. TAYLOR Pomts i 1827) 102.
Ayr. A well-written letter in a fair hand of write, GALT Ann.
Parish (1821) i. Gall. It's in your hand o' write that the name o'
Janet Geddes stands in the big ha' Bible, CROCKETT Raiders (1894)
xxxiii. (7) Gall. Tossing it ower their thrapples hand ower fist,
ib. Standard Bearer (18981 118. Cor. Watty pulled in hand over
fist ; and in came the lead sinker over the notch, ' Q.' Wandering
Heath (1895) 82. (8, a] Gall. Drovers in purchasing [large
herds] will sometimes take the good, and leave the bad ; this is
called 'shooting' : others will take the lot as it is; this is buying
them hand owre head, MACTAGGART Encycl. 1^1824) 252, ed. 1876.
N.I.1 One with another, an expression used in selling, and meaning
the putting an average value on a number of things that differ in
value. ' Now how much a piece will you say for them, if I take the
whole lot hand over head ? ' n.Cy. (J. W.), Lakel.2, Not.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1
Glo.2 16. e.An.1 w.Som.1 They be bound vor to go wrong (i. e.
come to grief) ; can't go on hand-over-head like that there, very
long. (/>) n.Yks. They are mixed hand ower heead (I.W.).
w.Yks.5 ' A lot o' fellahs cam running hand-ower-hSad through
t'passage [entry] an' ommast pick'd muh darn.' ' Here they come,
hand-ower-hfiad.' s.Lin. When a went to see her she was hand-
over-head cleaning her room (F.H.W.). (c) e.An.1 (9) Gall.
(JAM.) Kcb. Some nan' to nicve Wi' manly pith o' arm, beyond
the mark, Far fling the pond'rous mell, DAVIDSON Seasons (1789)
87. (10) Abd. (JAM.; (n) Slk. Folk are a' wise ahint the hand,
HOGG Tales (1838) 321', ed. 1866. (12) Sc. 'But father,' said
Jenny, . . 'suldna I cry on you?" 'At no hand, Jenny,' SCOTT
Old Mortality 118161 iii. (13) w.Wor.1 Sam's a very good lad to
me now, but at one 'and I thaowt 'e'd never do no good, to 'isself
nar no one else. (14, a) Cai.1 (b) Cai.1, Cld. (JAM.) (15,0)80.
Applied to any work that is already done, or any hardship that
has been sustained (JAM.). Cai.1 1.6) n.Sc. Applied to a person,
at times in relation to marriage (JAM.) ; When she's by hand and
awa', Ross Sng. (ib.) (17) Sc. (JAM.) (18) Nhp.1 (19! Ayr. I
was aye for our ane to mak' that proposal to you, but it has come
better aff your haun, HUNTER Studies (1870) 39. (20) Sh.I. Shii'll
no foster twa lambs 'ithoot somtin' aff o' da haand, alto' he [it] is
da end o' Aapril, Sh. News (May 7, 1898). (21. at Ayr. When he
asked her, she married him oot of haun, SERVICE Dr. Duguid (cd.
1887) 9. Nhp.1 w.Som.1 You might depend, sir, I'll do un vor
ee, right out o' hand. (b) Ayr. 1 would not juist insist upon such
a hasty and oot of hand manner of treatment, SERVICE Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 133. (c) Nhp.1 (d) Nhp.1 I've got the job out of hand
at last. w.Som.1 The job shall be a-put out o" hand in a proper,
workmanship manner, (aa) N.I.1 ' It's doon the hill, an' wi' the
ban' : ' said of a thing that is easily done. This expression is
taken from ploughing experience. When a man is ploughing
across a sloping place, and has difficulty in getting the earth to lie
back, he would say it was ' again the nan' ; ' if otherwise he would
say it was ' wi' the han' ' (s.v. Wi' the han'). (23) w.Yks.1 (34)
Sh.I. Da back o' my haand baith ta dem an' der laws, Sh. News
(Apr. a, 1898). Cai.1 'E back o' my han' t'ye, I am done with
you. Lnk. The back o' my hand to ye, Annie, MURDOCH Doric
Lyre (1873) 91. (25) s.Ir. He wasn't in the forge at that present,
— but was expected at every hand's turn, LOVER Leg. (1848) II.
417. (26) Edb. There's my hand she'll tire, and soon sing dumb,
FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 107, ed. 1785. (37.0) n-Yks.1; n.Yks.4
Ah beear him at hand foor all sha knaws aboot what wa did ay
Sallie's. (b) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 'I'll bear thee at hand for't,' I will
owe you a grudge in the matter ; n.Yks.4 It war nowt bud a dirty
trick, an' Ah s'all awlus beear him at hand for't. (28) Nhp.'
w.Wor.1 The fever's made 'im mighty weak, but 'e's on the
mendin 'and now. s.Wor. (H.K.), ae.Wor.1 (39) Clis ' The
expression is chiefly used in buying fat pigs. s.Chs.1 • Oxf.1 MS.
add. (30) Sh.I. He had been in the habit of going south to sail,
and coming home again every year in time to give the ' old folks '
a hand with the harvest, NICHOLSON Aithsiin' Hedder ( 1898) 7.
Per. It's no a tracer to gie ye a hand at a brae, Sandy Scott (1897)
17. Lnk. John had come hame raither sooner than usual, just to
gie a bit han', ROY Generalship (ed. 1895) 7. n.Cy. (J.W.) Ken.
Give us a hand with this, will you? (D.W.L.) (31) Lin. An' a
towd ma my sins, an's toithe were due, an' 1 gied it in hond,
TENNYSON A'. Farmer, Old Style (1864) st. 3. (32) w.Wor.1 (33)
Sc. The Admiral Hamilton . . . held both the king and them in
hand for his own ends, not yet known, SPALDING Hist. Sc. (17921
I. 182 (JAM.). (34) Nhp.1 ^5) Gall. He ne'er was sweir a han'
to len', NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814) 52, ed. 1897. w.Yks. Tha'll
suarly len' a helpin' hand To lift her off o' t'plat, PRESTON Poems
(ed. 1881)8. n.Lin.' lalus lend 'em a hand when ther'sonythinggoas
wrong. Nhp.^Oxf. (G.O.) (36. o) N.I. Mfyou let the chile get the book
he'll make a hand of it. w.Yks. (E.G.) Lan. Freq. heard, N. V Q.
(1886) 7th S. i. 517. e.An.1 ' He has made a hand of all he had,'
he has wasted his whole property. Snf. Children make a hand of
a proper lot of boots, Macmillan's Mag. (Sept. 1889) 358- (*)
s.Not. ' I med a hand on't,' or 'a good hand out of it' (J.P.K.X
(c) s.Chs.1 Ahy mun noa' ubuwt)th maa-rkits ufoa r ahy sel ; ahy
ilu im waan't bi mai'd u aan-d on [I mun know abowt th' markets
afore I sell : I dunna want be made a hand onj. s.Not. He ollus
tries to mek a hand on yer (J.P.K.). (d Lei. Endeavouring to
urge me to say something he might take hold of to make a hand
of. MS. Acct. of matters in dispute betw. Thornton and Bosworth
(i-jgd). 137) Sur.1 (38) Nhb. There is still a very common dread
amongst some old people that evil may ensue from their writing
anything. Great caution is therefore always exercised in the
matter. ' He wis not one to put hand to paper ' -to commit
himself (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 1,39) Sc. (JAM.) (40) Sc. HISLOP
Anecdote (1874) 634. Or.I. Belus being much discouraged and
broken in spirit, despairing of life, put hand in himself, and became
his own executioner, BRAND Hist. v 1721 i 14 (JAM.). Cai.1 1,41,
Nhp.1 (42 i Ayr. He is very anxious to put to his haun', SERVICE
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887; 163. (43) N.I.1 There, don't mind him ;
he's only takin' a han' at you. (.44, Sh.I. Trial an' hardship is
been her lot, objeck, frae day 'at shil took Aandrew Tulloch bi da
haand, Sh. News (Feb. 5, 1898). (45) Sc. (JAM.) [46) Nhb. He
just took it up at his aan hand (R.O.H. ).
(b) pi. (i) Hands up, a term in curling : cease sweeping ;
(2) among hands, (3) a/ween — , in the intervals of other
engagements, between whiles ; (41 between — , in the mean-
time ; (5) first — , early, at the beginning; (6) through- ,
in hand ; discussed, done with, settled ; 17) to be in nands
with, (a) to possess in a certain way ; (b) to be in a state
of courtship with ; (8) to be no great hands, not to be any-
thing very good or remarkable ; (9) to have no hands with,
to have nothing to do with, have no dealings or connexion
with ; (10) to lay hands on, to baptize; (n) to put in one's
hands, (12) to put out one's hands, to help oneself at table.
(i Ayr. I carena though ye're twa ells short — Hands up —
there's walth o' pouther, BOSWELL Poet. Wks. (ed. 1871) 196. (a)
Gall. Little jobs are sometimes done amang hans ; that is to say,
they are done without, in any shape, retarding the large job, MAC-
TAGGART Encycl.( 1834) 8, ed. 1876. n.Cy.iJ.\V.) (3)Sc.(jAM.) (4)Per.
The carles did baith rant and roar, And delt some knoits between-
hands, NICOL Poems (1766) 48. nuCy. (J.W.) (5) Snr.1 They
didn't get much of a shoot first hands. (6j Ayr. Haith ! we'se
hae mony an auld ploy through hauns again I SERVICE Notandums
(1890) 3. (j, a) Sc. GAM.) (b] Sc. He's in hands wi' Jean ; do
ye think they'll mak it out ? (ib.) (8) Stf. I'm no great hands of a
traveller, MURRAY Joseph's Coat (1883) 38. 1,9) Glo. 'Ee did et
yer see, and I didn't 'a no 'ands wi' ut, BUCKMAN Darke's Sojourn
(1890) iv ; Glo.1 I won't have no hands wi ye. Wil.1 I shan't hae
no hands wi't. (10 Sc. This daft divine Shall ne'er lay hands on
HAND
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HANDKERCHIEF
bairn o' yours and mine, LEIGHTON Wds. (1869) 13. (n) Sh.I.
Whin we wir set wis in, I says, ' Gud bliss wis, men. Pit in your
haands an' begin,' Sh. News (.Sept. 18, 1897). (12) Gall. (A.W.)
3. Fig. A workman, servant ; an employe in a factory
or mill. In gen. colloq. use.
Frf. One of the old ' wrichts ' had several apprentices and even
a few journeyman ' hands,' INGLIS Ain Flk. (1895) 39. Per. This
isna the way they do wi' hired hands where I come frae, Sandy
Scott (1897) 10. n.Yks.2 An individual. A helper. ' Good hand,
good hire,' good servant, good wages. w.Yks. Dun yo everspeak
up fur th' honds? Warty Rhymes (1894) 18 ; (F.J.N.); w.Yks.3
n. Liu.1 Women and children who work upon a farm. The labourers
and servant ' chaps ' are not hands. s.Oxf. The 'ands are busy
threshin' now most days, jest the last o' my barley, ROSEMARY
Chiltems (1895) 39.
4. An adept, clever performer.
Sh.I. Doo's da haand fir borin' even gengs, Sh. News (Apr. 29,
1899). Abd. He was nae han' at bargain-makin' an' that, ALEX-
ANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 16. Per. Gin there wasna a better hand I
would hae to do my endeavour, Sandy Scott (1897) 56. Ayr. He's a
great han' for splorin' about his punctuality in ordinary transactions,
HUNTER Studies (1870) 283. n.Cy. (J.W.) n.Yks. ' She is a good
hand,' she is a clever needlewoman (T.S.). s.Stf. He was a
reg'lar hond at carvin', PINNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Nhp.1 A
bad hand at that work. Oxf. (G.O.) Nrf. You grind the scythes.
You're a better hand on it than I am, EMERSON Son of Fens
(1892,248. Sus. HOLLOW AY.
5. Handwriting; signature.
Rnf. I doot it's no dune for improvin" his haun, NEILSON Poems
(1877) 48. Nhp.1 Put your hand to this receipt.
6. A handling, feel when handled.
Wil. Corn has a good hand when it is dry and slippery in the
sack : a bad hand when damp and rough, DAVIS Agric.(T&i$) ; Wil.1
7. Fig. Anything difficult to manage, a 'handful'; esp. in
phr. a great hand.
Crab. He's been a great hand to me sin' he's been ill (M.J.B.).
Sus. ' A great hand,' a good deal of trouble, as the trouble of
bringing up a delicate child S.P.H.). Ess. Well, sir, children
are a hand (A.S.P.) ; Mother's a great hand S.P.H. . Sur.1 It's
a very great hand to have so many sick people. Sus.1 I was a
terrible hand to mother all the time I was down with the titus-fever.
8. Business, performance, job.
Ayr. A bonnie haun ye had made o't, GALT Ptovost (1826) xxxiii.
Edb. See what a bonny hand ye'll mak o't! Tint Quey (1796) 15.
Gall. He makes a bad hand o' himsell, i. e. he abuses himself
(A.W.). n.Cy. (J.W.I Nrf., Suf., Hmp. HOLLOWAY.
9. The horse that walks on the left-hand side in a team,
as opposed to the ' fur' or ' furrow ' horse.
Ayr. My han' afore's a gude auld has-been, BURNS Inventory
(1786) 1. 8 ; My han' ahin's a weel gaun fillie, ib. 1. 10. e.Lth.
Ye couldna fit him wrang In whatna yoke ye bade him gang . . .
Following or leadin', hand or fur, MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes (1885)
61. N.I.1 The horse that walks on the unploughed land is said to
be ' in the han' ' ; the other horse is called the ' fur horse ' (s.v.
Wi' the han').
10. Direction ; neighbourhood.
Abd. Nearer han' hame, at Marnoch, ALEXANDER Johnny Gibb
(1871) xiii. Nhb. Ever se mony cheps fre Rothbury hand came
up, OLIVER Rambles in Nhb. 1,1835) 156; (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1
Lakel.2 He co's off o' Kendal hand bi' t'twang on him. Cum.1
He's gone towart Ireby and that hand ; Cum.4 n.Yks.2 1 went
ower te Kirby hand. w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. They moight get th'
job done gradely nigherhant than Gratna Green, BANKS Forbidden
(1885) xxv.
11. A shoulder of pork, when cut as a joint without the
blade-bone. Gen. in phr. a hand of pork.
N.I.1 A ham made from the fore-leg of a pig. s.Don. SIMMONS
Gl. (1890). Not. (J.H.B.), Lin. (W.W.S.), Nhp.1, War.23 Oxf.1
MS. add. Hnt. (T.P.F. , e.An.1, e.Suf. (F.H.), w.Som.1
"12. The fore upright of a gate.
Nhb.1 ' Hand and har,' front and back uprights.
13. A measure for water-cress.
Lon. We buy the water-cresses by the' hand.' One hand will make
about five halfpenny bundles, MAYHEW Land. Labour \ 1851) I. 150.
14. v. Phr. (i) to hand about, to escort a lady ; (2) — out,
to distribute ; (3) — up, to summon, bring up before a
magistrate ; (4) — me down, any article purchased second-
hand or ready made ; any odd-looking garment ; (5) -tne-
down looking, worthless, good-for-nothing in appearance.
(i) Nrf. We met several young couples out for a walk. ' Dash
it, master, they fare to be a-handing 'em about to-night' ( W.R.E.).
(a) n.Lin.1 Ey, Miss, it's Loord 'at hands oot iv'rything 'e riches
an' poverty, an' sickness an' health. (3) Suf. If you do ... Ill
hand you up before the justice, STRICKLAND Old Friends (1864) 9.
(4) Dmb. Och try nae maira han-me-down, But tryst ta braw new
clock, TAYLOR Poems (1827) no. N.I.1 Whar did ye get that auld
hand ma doon of a coat? Nhp. N. & Q. '1878) 5th S. ix. 263.
[Amer. Kansas Univ. Quar. (1892) I.] (.5) Lnk. Ye've maybe
heard o' the braw troot that a lang-haired han'-me-doon looking
creatur' pented on the shutter o' the box-bed in the Gledshaw
kitchen, FRASER Whaups (1895) 188.
15. To sign. e.An.1 They made me hand a paper.
16. Toactassecond in afight eitherbetween men or cocks.
s.Don. SIMMONS Gl. (iSgoV Wil.1 n.Wil. I'll hand 'e, if you
be gwain to fight un (E.H.G.).
Hence Hander or Handler, sb. (i) a second in a fight ;
(2) the adviser of a competitor in a ploughing-match.
(i) Nhb. A famous ' handler' who died not long ago had but to
make his appearance at the [church] door, and the usually long
sermon, and prayer almost as long, were abridged, the sleepy
congregation . . . would be seen making for a well-known
rendezvous, where mains were often fought on Sunday afternoons,
Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1897) 331. n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Hrf.1 Wil.
BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; Wil.1 n.Wil. Who's agwain to be
hander thun ? (E.H.G.) (2) Gall. Every competitor has a friend,
a ploughman, to help and advise him during the competition, who
is called a 'hander.' The friend walks beside the competitor, and
is of special service in the opening up of the first furrow, and at
the ends of each furrow (A.W.).
HANDECHAMP, sb. ? Obs. w.Yks. Also in form
handerhamp (HALL.). A ruffle. (HALL.), w.Yks.1
HANDED,///, adj. Sc. Nhb. Chs. Nhp. 1. In phr.
(i) handed squares, salt-making term : squares of salt such
as are commonly hawked about the streets. Chs.1 ; (2)
well handed, clever at particular work. Nhb.1 ; (3) to swop
even-handed, to exchange without profit. Yks. (J.W.), Nhp.1
2. Hand in hand.
Fif. One summer eve, as in delightful walk. Handed, they past
down Thirdpart's avenue, TENNANT Anster (1812) 105, ed. 1871.
HANDEL, sb. Sc. Light refreshment taken before
breakfast, a snack of food.
Slg. First cut our handel, weel ye ken our due, Good routh o'
bread and cheese and \vhiskey blue, GALLOWAY Limcarty ( 1804) 25.
HANDERMENT, sb. Cor.2 Obstruction, delay, hin-
drance.
HANDERSOME, adj. n.Yks.2 w.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1
[a'ndasam.] Handy ; inclined to meddle, meddling.
[Handersome,/ae#0sMs, LEVINS (1570).]
HANDING, prp. War. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Wil. Also in
forms handen- Glo. ; handson- Glo.1 [ae'ndin.] Incomp.
(i) Handing-point, (2) -post, a sign-post, finger-post.
(i) Glo. (S.S.B.) (2) War.3 Glo. A bit further along you'll
come to a 'andin post (E.S.) ; You'll see a handen post at road
end (A.J.M.) ; Glo.1 Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks. Quite commonly
spoken and written. Wil.1
HANDKERCHIEF, sb. Var. dial, forms in Sc. and Eng.
I. Dial, forms: (i) Ankatcher, (2) Ankercher, (3)
Ankitcher, (4) Hancheker, (5) Hancurchor, (6) Han-
cutcher, (7) Handkecher, (8) Handkercher, (9) Hand-
kerchy, (10) Handkertcher, (n) Handketcher, (12)
Hangecher, (13) Hangkecher, (14) Hangkicher, (15)
Hangkitcher, (16) Hankcher, (17) Hankecher, (18)
Hankercher, (19) Hankerchir, (20) Hankershor, (21)
Hanketcher, (22) Hankicher. (23) Hankisher, (24) Han-
kitch, (25) Hankitchor, (26) Hanksher, (27) Hankutcher,
(28) Hanky, (29) Hankycher, (30) Hanshaker, (31)
Henkicher, (32) Henkitch, (33) Ontcher.
(i) Not.3 (2) s.War.1 Dev. 'E tuk out ez 'ankercher, BURNETT
Stable Boy (1888) xi. (3) War.2, se.Wor.1 (4) nw.Der.1 (5)
Nhb. (R.O.H.) (6) w.Yks.1 (7) Lan. WESTALL Birch Dene (1889)
I. 299. Dev. Reports Provinc. (1887) 8. (8) n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1
Midi. Common (E.S.). War.3 Shr.1 Ang-kur'chur'. Cor. A clane
handkercher, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1893) 380. (9) w.Yks. Polish
it up wi' his handkerchy, HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1878) 7. (10)
Not. (J.H.B.) (n)N.I.1 (i2)e.Lan.1 (13) w.Som.1 Ang'kechur.
(14) m.Lan.1 Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). .(.15) Oxf.1
(16) Cor.1 (17) Cum.3 His white hankecher, 2. Chs.1, nw.Der.1
HANDLE
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(18 Ir. Corners of ' hankerchers,' BARLOW Idylls (1892) ii. Cum.
That reed check hankercher, Mary Drayson (1873) 33. w.Yks.2,
War.4, Brks.1, Sur.1 Som. A white pocket-han'kercher, RAYMOND
Sam and Sabina (1894) 34. (19) w.Yks. Spread yer hankerchir
o' t'top on't, BRONTE Wuthering His. (1847) xiii. (20) Nhb.
iR.O.H.i (ai) Lan. An owd hanketcher, CLEGG Reaund bi M
Derby (1890) 9. (aa) w.Yks. Yks. Wkly. Post (Apr. 10, 1897).
I.W.1 Som. Their white ' hankichers,' RAYMOND Men o Mendip
(1898) xiii. (33) Cum.1 (34) s.Chs.1 Aangk-ich. ,35) Nhb.
(R.O.H.) (36) Cor. She took un out of the hanksher, HICHAM
Dial. (1866) 6. (37) Dur.1, Cum.1, n.Yks. (T.S.) (28) Sh.I. She
had tied in the corner of her hanky, BURGESS Sketches (and ed.)
29. e.Sc. I've tied your hanky round it, SETOUN 7?. Urquhart
^1896) xix. Frf. The pupils had to bring handkerchiefs to the
Dovecot, which led to its being called the Hanky School, BARRIE
Tommy (1896) 157. Fif. Ane o' Stewart's tippence-happeny
Union Jack hankies. M'L-AREN Tibbie (1894) 14. Oxf. (W.D.),
Snr. (L.J.Y.) (39) Lon. MAYHEW Prisons ( 1862 424. (30) Chs.1
Shr.1 An-shukur. (31 j w.Yks. BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865). (33)
s-Chs.1 (33) se-Wor.1
n. Dial. use. In comp. Handkerchief-dance, a country
dance performed with handkerchiefs.
Oxf.1 Som. They had ' Hunt the squirrel ' and the handkerchief
dance, RAYMOND Men o' Mendip (1898) xiii.
HANDLE, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written handel Sh.I. ; and in forms han'le Ayr.
N.I.1; hannel Cum.14 ; hann'l n.Yks.4 [h)a-n(d)l,ae-n(d)l.]
1. sb. In phr. to make a handle of anything, to endeavour
to turn a thing to one's own advantage or to another's
discredit.
Sc. fA.W.), Nhp.1 Nrf. To represent a subject matter more to
the disadvantage or discredit of a person than the circumstance
will really admit ; to exaggerate, though frequently in a jocular
way; to banter; to ridicule (W.W.S.).
2. Comp. Handle-dish, a hand-cup, a bowl with a handle.
Sus. (S.P.H.), Sus.1
3. A hand, esp. the hand of a clock or watch.
w.Yks. f)a muant leak wi' t'anlz 3 t'tlok. Av brokan litl anl 3
mi wots (J.W.); T'meter hannels, BINNS Orig. (1889) 5.
4. Fishing tackle or gear. Also in form handlin.
Sh.I. I' da time 'at 1 got me handel tagedder, Girzzie leepid da
bait, an' lightin' me pipe awa' I gengs. Sh. News (Oct. a, 1897) ;
My sniiids an' handlin rex me doon, Dey're dere upo' da lame,
STEWART Tales (1892) 92.
5. A large pail or tub. Also in comb. Milk-hannel.
Cum.1 ; Cum.4 A tub larger than a ' geggin,' wider at the bottom
than the top, but with a proportionately shorter stave-handle ;
used for collecting the milk in the byre, or for carrying water
from a spring ; it was carried on the head.
6. v. To secure, get hold of, esp. to receive or get money
from ; to touch.
Knr. ' Handle the dust,' to receive money (JAM.). Ayr. Ne'er
a bawbee hae I yet han'let o' the price, GALT Gilhaize (1823) i.
Gall. It canna be proven that ever I handled a plack o' the price,
CROCKETT Anna Mark (1899) Hi. n.Cy. (J.W.) s.Not. If they
ain't allus handlin' on yer, they wain't be civil to yer (J.P.K.;.
11. Lin.1 Times is straange an' bad, I niver handled soa little money
as I hev this last year. I weSnt hev you bairns han'lin bull, he'll
be stabbin' on you. Oxf. (G.O.1!
7. To put an arm round a girl's waist.
Brks.1 In love making, where the swain may not have flow of
language, he may sometimes attempt to put his arm round the
girl's waist ; this is called ' handlin' on her,' and would probably
be met by the command to ' Adone now,' or a more decided ' Gie
out! '
8. To use, employ, make use of, not necessarily with the
hands ; esp. in phr. to handle the feet.
N.I.1 ' Handle yer feet," make good use of your legs. n.Lin.1
An old woman who was lame said, ' I can't han'le my feet so well
as I ewsed to could.' Ess.1
9. To deal with, treat, manage; to afflict with illness, &c.
Gen. mpass.
Ayr. Tightly he did the guager han'le, The mair he shuck the
fallow by the throat, BOSWELL Poet. Wks. (1816) 148, ed. 1871.
n.Yks.1 He's been desper't'ly sair hannled wi' t'fever. A chap's
lahk t'be parlously hannled gif he gits intiv t'haands o' thae low-
wers [lawyers] ; n.Yks.2 I was varry sair hannel'd that bout ;
n.Yk».4 Tha hann'ld t'lad varry badly. Sha's varra kittlish an'
bad ti hann'l. ne.Yks.1 He's very queerly hannl'd. w.Yks. (J.W.)
10. To drag up a curling-stone by the handle.
Sc. It is said of a stone that has not pith, 'handle't' (G.W.);
Big Andra fairly felled his stane, Handle 'im a hog or I'm mistaen,
R. Caled. Curling Club Ann. (1886-7).
11. To hurry, exert oneself. N.I.1
HANDLEBERRY, HANDLER, see Angleberry, sb.',
Hand, v. 16.
HANDLING, sb. Sc. Not. Also in forms haandling
Sh.I. ; hannlin' Lnk. 1. A business, affair ; a position of
trust, stewardship ; interference, intermeddling.
Sc. He wad fain hae a handling in that affair (JAM.). Sh.I. (K.L.I.)
w.Sc. A discussion, altercation, quarrel (ib.SuppI.). Gall. Me wi'the
care o' yer gran'faither— sic a handling, him nae better nor a bairn,
CROCKETT Sunbonnet (1895) iv. Kcb. He giveth him no handling
or credit, only he intrusteth him with common errands, wherein
he cannot play the knave, RUTHERFORD Lett. (1660; No. 106.
2. An entertainment, party, meeting, gathering.
w.Sc. A merry-making, a meeting of friends or opponents for
discussion; a soiree is often called a tea-hanlan (JAM. Supple.
Dmb. Thae gangrel folk At ilka han'lin' aye afore the clock,
SALMON Gowodean (1868) 68. Ayr. We are providing for a
handling. GALT Legatees (1820) viii. Lnk. I proposed to John that
we should hae a kind o' hannlin' by way o' heatin the house, ROY
Generalship (ed. 1895^1 6. Dmf. I had only been yinst in her house
since she settled, and that was at a promiscuous tea handling,
SHAW Schoolmaster (1899) 329.
3. A boat-hook.
Not. (J.H.B.); A species of boat-hook with two prongs at the
end instead of a hook, used for propelling a boat across a river
(W.H.S.).
HANDLUM, adj. w.Som.1 Awkward, clumsy of hand.
Uur-z dh-an'lumsmaa-yd livur aay zee'd ; uur-ul tae'ur ubroa'ud
moo'ur cloa'm-un ur wae'ujez kau'ms tiie [She is the handlumest
girl I ever saw ; she will tear abroad more crockery than her
wages come to].
HANDMAN, sb. Obs. ? Dev. A man-servant.
She, . . in imitation of the patriarchs of old, went to bed to the
handman, because her consort was stricken in years, SHEBBEARE
Matrimony (1754^ II. 245, ed. 1766.
HANDSALE, see Auncel.
HANDSEL, sb. and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also in forms ansel(l e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Chs.2 Der.2
nw.Der.1 Not. Dev. ; anstil Chs. ; hansel(l Sc. (JAM.) N.I.1
Nhb. Dur.1 s.Dur. Cum.14 Wm. n.Yks.14 e.Yks.1 w.Yks.2
Lan.1 Chs.13 s.Chs.1 nw.Der.1 Not.1 n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Lei.1
War.3 Shr.1 Hrf. e.An.2 Suf.1 Sus.1 Hmp. Dor. [h)a'nsl,
ae'nsl.] 1. sb. A gift conferred at a particular season or
on the commencement of a new undertaking to confer
luck ; an auspicious beginning ; a good omen. Also used
attrib.
Sc. The first thing ye'll get for your handsel in the morning
will be a sonsie breakfast, FORD Thistledown 11891)332 ; Her new
year's hansel for to gie, DONALD Poems (1867) 249. Sh.I. The
first house to be visited was Braefield, where they were hopeful
of getting a good 'hansel,' CLARK Gleams (1898) 150. ne.Sc.
When one put on a piece of new dress, a coin of the realm called
hansel, had to be put into one of the pockets. When one put on
a piece of new dress, a kiss was given to and taken from the wearer,
and was called the ' beverage o' the new claes.' When a boy or
girl wearing a piece of new dress entered a neighbour's house
something was given as hansel, GREGOR Fit-Lore (1881) 31. Abd.
When the christening was over, the old minister put a half-crown
into the baby's breast for ' hansel,' ALEXANDER Ain Fit. (1882)
25. Per. Gie the student his degree, The advocat' his hansel fee,
HALIBURTON Ochil Idylls (1891) 135. Flf. Granny, gie's oor
hansel, It's new-year's day, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 68. Dmb. By
and by ... To gi'e us a' our hansel time about. SALMON Gowodean
(1868) 70. Rnf. Whan buskit oot in braw new claes, Auld grannie's
hansel's never miss't, NEILSON Poems (1877) 16. Ayr. Ye'll no
guess what the Gudeman has in his pouch to gie them for hansel
to their matrimony, GALT Entail (1823) xx ; A blast o' Janwar
win' Blew hansel in on Robin, BURNS There was a Lad, St. a.
Lnk. Ye're bringin* us ben A hansel o' fortune for a', New Year !
WRIGHT Life (1897) 75. Edb. Auld-nick may gie't for them its
handsel, LEARMONT Poems (1791) 164. Nhb. ' A hansel penny" is
usually put into the pocket of any new garment to hansel it and
the formula repeated, ' Health to weer, strength to teer, an money
to buy another' (R.O.H.). w.Yks. I must buy something for
ansel (H.F.S.). Lan. Money given when anything new is under-
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taken, THORNBER Hist. Blackpool (1837"); Lan.1 A gift given to
the first purchaser. s.Hmp. I've brought a parcel. . . T'aint often
as a handsel comes to the Woodhouse, VERNEY L. Lisle (1870)
vii. Dor. Something given to a young woman at her wedding
towards house-keeping is called a ' good-handsel ' in the vale of
Blackmore, BARNES Gl. (1863); A goodish hansel come Behind
her pretty soon, ib. Poems (1869-70) 3rd S. 72.
2. Comp. (i) Handsel-e'en, the eve of the first Monday
of the New Year ; (2) -Monday, the first Monday of the
New Year ; Auld Handsel Monday, the first Monday of
the year, Old Style ; (3) -Tuesday, the first Tuesday
of the New Year ; (4) -wife, the woman who distributes
the ' handsel ' or gifts at a marriage.
(i) Lth. One hansel-e'en, on begging bound, He trudged the
rural district round, MCNEJLL Preston (c. 1895) 9. (a) Bch. It was
deemed unlucky to spend money in any form on hansel Monandy,
GREGOR Flk-Lore 1881) 164. e.Sc. Hansel Monday's comin' on,
We'll get pies and porter. SETOUN Sunshine (1895) I. Per. As
brisk a morn's I've seen For mony a Hansel-Munonday, FORD
Harp (1893^ 385. w.Sc. Hansell Monday, on which occasion
practices similar to those of Yule were observed, NAPIER Flk-Lore
(1879) 155. Fit For one to propose the substitution of New
Year's Day for Auld Handsel-Monday as the winter festival was
to invite contemptuous ostracism, ROBERTSON Provost (1894) 53.
Clc. On the evening of Handsel Monday, as it is called, some of his
neighbours came to make merry with him, Statist. Ace. XV. 201
n. (JAM.) s.Sc. All our fun of Beltane, Halloween, Hogmanay,
and Hanselmonday are gone, WILSON Tales (1839) V. 65. Ayr.
I was sitting on Hansel Monday by myself, GALT Ann. Parish
(1821) xxxvi. Lnk. We renounce. .. New-year's day, and Hansel-
monday, WODROW Ch. Hist. ,1721) III. 351, ed. 1828. Lth. Auld
Hansel Monday comes again Wi' routhy mirth an' cheer, LUMSDEN
Sheep-head (1892) 35. Edb. Auld Handsel Monday. A day set
apart, by the common people in this country, for feasting and
drinking, Auld Handsel Monday (1792) 17. Jr. The first Monday
in the year, when formerly a present or hansel was given by a
master or mistress to the servants, and by fathers or mothers to
children. Anything that comes into your possession that day
indicates luck, such as a child, calf, lamb, or money. If you
receive on Hansel Monday you will be sure to be lucky the rest of
the year, Flk-Lore Rec. (1881) IV. 107. N.I.1 Nhb. At the Trinity
House, Newcastle, on Hansel-Monday every free brother who
answers to his name is entitled to five shillings in money, quarter
a pound of tobacco, a glass of wine, and as much bread and cheese
and ale as he pleases (R.O.H.). Lakel.2 It is customary to
make children and servants a present. Chs.1 13) Edb. My barrel
. , . has na gotten sic a fill Sin fu' on Handsel-Teysday, FERGUSSON
Poems (1773) 168. ed. 1785. (4) Or. I. Gen. the bride's mother
(JAM. Suppl.).
3. The first money received in the dayforthesaleof goods ;
also the first purchaser.
Sc. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) Edb. A bareheaded lassie,
hoping to be hansel, threw down twopence, MOIR Mattsic Wauch
(1828) vi. Nhb. (R.O.H.) Dur. Thus, fishwomen and hucksters
generally spit upon the hansel, i. e. the first money they receive,
HENDERSON Flk-Lore (1879) i. s.Dur. Now gie us a hansel, a've
selt nowt te-day — just gie us a hansel for luck (J.E.D.). Lakel.1,
Cum.14 n.Wm. Giv us a hansel (B.K.). n.Yks. (W.H.) ;
n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 ' There's handsel this morning,' says the sales-
man, as he shows the coin to the bystanders for the first thing he
has sold. e.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 Hawkers and pedlars who go round
from house to house say, ' Please give me hansel, missis ' ; w.Yks.3
' I've not taken a handsel .to-day.' On receiving a handsel, the
recipient sometimes turns it over and spits on it ' for luck.' Lan.
Hansell (they say) is always lucky when well wet [i. e. with
spittle], HARI.AND & WILKINSON Flk-Lore (1867) 70. Chs. I have
given you a good ansel, Chs. N. & Q. (1881) I. 82; Chs.1 ' Gi me
a hansel this morning.' There is a sort of idea that it brings good
luck ; Chs.3 s.Chs.1 Gy'i)mi u aan-sl, un it)l gy'i)mi gild liik.
Der.2, nw.Der.1 Not. (J.H.B.) ; Not.1 Ah've sold nowt yet, won't
yer gie me a hansel ? sw.Lin.1 Won't you give us a hansel ? i. e.
make a first purchase of our wares. Nhp.1 The first money received
in the day, by small tradesmen or hawkers, is commonly called
' taking handsell ' ; and many superstitiously spit upon it, to pro-
pitiate good luck. Shr.1 Bless yo'. Missis, tak' summat off me jest
fur 'ansel ; I've carried my basket all mornin' an' never soud a crock.
Thank yo', Missis, I'll spit on this, an' 'ope it'll be lucky. Shr.,
Hrf. BOUND Provinc. (1876). Cth. (W.W.S.) Lon. GROSE (1790)
MS. add. (M.) e.An.12 Nrf. You are intreated by an itinerant
hawker to give him a hansell, COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893)
VOL. m.
71. e.Suf. (F.H.) Sns.1 The market women have a custom of
kissing the first coin, spitting on it, and putting it in a pocket by
itself for luck. Dev. The good luck, which the foolish Devonshire
market women spit upon, or kiss, and then put into their purse
or pocket, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 202. Cor.1 When a man is
well paid for any chance job early in the day, he says ' that's
a good hansel.'
4. A piece of bread given before breakfast ; a morning
lunch. Gall. (JAM.); MACTAGGART £«<ry<r/. (1824). N.I.1
5. Guerdon, reward ; also ironically, a punishment, a
smack of the hand.
Sh.I. Contentmint is da hansel o da sage, BURGESS Rasmie
(1892) 22. w.Yks. Ah'll gi' tha a good handsell if tha doesn't be
quiet (J.J.B.X
6. A handful. w.Yks. Gi' us a handsell o' beans (S.K.C.).
7. The earnest given on completion of a bargain ; the
bargain itself.
Sc. (JAM.) Dur.1 Seldom used. e.Yks. THOMPSON Hist. Welton
(1869) 172. w.Yks. (F.M.L.\ Not.1, sw.Lin.1, Lei.1 Dev. Horae
Subsecivae (1777) 202 ; HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892) 46.
8. The first use <>r trial of anything.
Nhb. (R.O.H.), Dur.1 Cum. FERGUSON Northmen (18561 214 ;
Cum.4, n.Yks.1 w.Yks. SCATCHERD Hist. Morley (1874) Gl. ; Leeds
Merc. Suppl. (1884^ ; w.Yks.1 Chs. Sheaf (^t)) I. 182. nw.Der.1,
n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 He is taking hansel of it. Shr., Hrf. BOUND
Provinc. (1876). Som. SWEETMAN Wincanton Gl. (1885).
9. v. To give money or a present to celebrate a new
undertaking, &c. ; to inaugurate, celebrate for the first
time, esp. by drinking.
Sc. Was there a birth in the family, the dram had to circulate
to handsel the young Scot, FORD Thistledown (1891) 123. Abd.
Your dock's in order now, I ween, Ye'se get it hansell'd by a
queen, CADENHEAD Bon Accord (1853) 147. Per. Juist tae hansel
her new kist, IAN MACLAREN Auld Lang Syne (1895) 278. Fif.
Well, I wish you success, and to handsel your new adventure
I will not charge you anything for these, ROBERTSON Provost
(1894) 82. Ayr. Before he had begun to levy ' black mail,' as he
named it, I hansel'd him with a penny, HUNTER Studies (1870)
135. Lnk. Ilka guidwife her doon-lyin' Hansell'd wi' the barley
bree, NICHOLSON Kiliuuddie (ed. 1895) 5°- Rxb. Come, neibour
Tam, we'll take a glass To hansel the new year, WILSON Poems
(1824) 17. Kcb. Some tippling chiels gaed to the tent To hansel
Leezy Waldron, DAVIDSON Seasons (1789) 73. N.I.1 The first
purchase made from a dealer hansels him, brings luck. Cum.4 The
gift of a coin to the wearer of a new suit of clothes, hansels or
makes that suit lucky. n.Yks.4 Whya, thoo'll be lyke ti' han'sel
t'new hoss, wa's want a glass apiece. w.Yks.4 The first buyer in
a shop newly opened hansels it. e.An.1 To put the first coin into
a collection.
Hence Hanselling, vbl. sb. the inauguration, first use or
celebration.
Dmf. The fits of ague-fever you had at first were a severe intro-
duction, . . but I can hope now it was only the hanselling of you
in your new climate, CARLYLE Unpubl. Lett. (1853) in Atlantic
Monthly (1898) 685.
10. Ironically. To give something unpleasant ; to punish
with a blow. w.Yks. (S.P.U.), (J.J.B.)
11. To pay earnest-money on a bargain. Also used Jig.
Fif. [He] was the neist man whase shaven crown was hansel'd
wi' a swap, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 194. n.Yks.4.Ah'll pay tha
summat noo ti han'sel t'job. w.Yks. (F.M.L.), Not.1, Lei.1 War.3
I said I'd go — but he didn't hansel me [I have promised to go
(to a situation as servant) but I am not bound to fulfil my promise].
Dev. Tellee whot 'tez, min, thee shedstua-anselled 'n wi' a shilling,
an' made zure aw 'un, HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892).
12. To try or use a thing for the first time ; to test, prove.
Sc. It's exactly a fortnicht this day syne ye handselled it for the
first time, DICKSON Kirk Beadle (ed. 1892) 99; He that invented
the Maiden first hansel'd her, HENDERSON Prov. (1832) 118, ed.
1881. Lnk. Gazed at the maister to see if he was going to ' hansel
the new clogs with a licking,' FRASER Whaups (1895) vi. Edb.
The unfortunate earl was the first himself that handselled that
merciless Maiden, which proved so soon after his own executioner,
PENNECUIK Wks. (1715) 191, ed. 1815. Dmf. I'll be yere blythe
bridegroom and hansel the sark, CROMEK Remains (1810" ua.
Kcb. It is a long time since Abel first handseled the cross, and had
it laid upon his shoulder, RUTHERFORD Lett. (1660) No. 239.
Nhb. [The new assembly rooms] were opened and ' a very numerous
and brilliant company ' gathered to hansel them, WATSON Hist.
Lit. Phil. Soc. Newc. (1897) 34 ; Aa'll not hansel the coat till the
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morn (R.O.H.). Dur. It's partly ... to handsel our new kitchen,
Longmans Mag. (Oct. 1896) 579 ; Dur.1, Com. (J.Ar.), Cum.14
n.Yka.1; n.Yks.4 Ah' ve han'sel'd t'new reaper ti-daay. ne.Yks.1 Ah
handsel'd mail new dhriss last Sunda. e.Yks.1 Ah sal ansel ml
new bonnet o' Sunday. w.Yks. LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
Gl. ; Ianselledthetea-potyesterday(H. F.S.I; w.Yks.8I'venothand-
selled my new plough. Lan.',n.Lan. (C.W.D.), Chs.1, Not.1 n.Lin.1
I'm gooin' to hansel that new plew. sw.Lin.1, Lei.1 Shr.1 I never
sid sich a time fur wet ; I thought to 'ansel my new bonnet o'
Wissun-Sunday, but it rayned all day lung. Shr., Hrf. BOUND
Provinc. (l8^6'). Suf.1 First wearing a new coat, gown, or any-
thing else is hanselling it. e.Suf. To hansel a brewing-tub. To
hansel an oven is to heat it very thoroughly, when first built, for
the purpose of drying it, not in order to bake in it. Except in
these connexions, not used here (F.H.). Sns.12 Dor. Here,
Jenny, . . hansell, wi' zome tidy tea, The zilver pot, BARNES Poems
(1869-70) 3rd S. 100. Dev. To prove the goodness of a thing by
the trial of a part, as when we say, to hansell a pasty or gammon
of bacon — to have the maidenhead or first use of anything — to
hansell a new knife in a good plum pudding, Horae Subsecivae
(17771202. Cor.1
13. To be the first purchaser.
w.Yks. Ye've hansil'd meh, BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865). n.Lan.1
Not. I've just anselled (J.H.B.).
[1. God giue the guid prosperitie ... In hansell of this
§uid new jeir, DUNBAR New Years Gift (c. 1510) 16, ed.
mall, II. 256. 5. Some . . . were be-hote hansell, if bey
helpe wold, Rich. Redeless (1399) iv. 91. 7. I have taken
handsel, Mercimonii primitias accept, COLES (1679).]
HANDSOME, adj. Sc. Yks. Not. Lei. Dor. Dev. Cor.
|h la-nsam, ae'nsam.] 1. Very good ; elegant in person ;
good-looking, used of inanimate things.
Sc. Not applied to the face. She's a very handsome woman,
but far frae being bonny (JAM.). Dmb. I gade to learn at the night
school, Soon learn'd a han'sotne han' o' write, TAYLOR Poems
(1827) 102. w.Yks. It's a better road ner t'other, but it's nut as
handsome (F.P.T.). Dev. She gave me such a handsome cup o'
tea, Reports Provinc. (1891).
2. Honourable, noble ; good, giving good quality or
measure.
Not.1, Lei.1 Dor. A handsome man, one who keeps good strong
beer (W.C.) ; My mother told me that she had heard guests say
to her father when they tasted his beer, ' Mr. Boswell, you are very
handsome ' (W.G.B.-S.) ; (A.C.)
3. Of the weather: fine, good, bright.
Sh.I. It's still very necessitous, an very handsome wedder,
BuRGESsra«£- 1898)52. w.Yks. Eh! Miss, but it is a handsome day
(F.P.T.). w.Cor. It's some handsome weather. Common (M.A.C.;.
4. Thorough, complete. Also used advb.
Cor.3 A handsome service, a church service not shortened .includ-
ing the Litany. ' To do a thing handsome ' is to do it thoroughly.
HANDTOGGERS, sb. pi. Dev.3 The handles fixed on
the snead of a scythe.
HANDY, sb.1, adj. and adv. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel.
andEng. Alsowritten handi- Sc. (JAM.) Cai.1; andinforms
haand-de- Sh.I. ; hanni- Cai.1; hany Nhb. ; han'y Ayr. ;
haunie Per. [h)a'ndi,ae-ndi.] 1. sb. and adj. In coinp. (i)
Handy-bandy, (2) -croopen, a game ; see below ; (3) -cuffs,
(a) blows with the fist, fisticuffs ; (b) handcuffs, manacles ;
(41 -dandy, (a) see (i); (b) on the alert; (5) -grips, close
quarters, grappling ; (6) -man, one who has no trade in
particular, but does a little at several ; (7) -might, strength
of hand, main force; (8) -paddy, a winch, traversing on
temporary rails, employed to raise heavy weights at large
buildings ; (9) -pandy, see (i); (10) -pungy, a fight with
the fists ; (n) -stone, a small stone, one that can be thrown
with the hand ; (12) -warp, obs., a kind of cloth, formerly
made in Essex; (13) -workman, a mechanic; a tool-
handler.
(i) s.Chs.1 A person conceals an object in one of his two closed
hands, and invites his companion to tell which hand contains the
object in the following words : ' Handy-Bandy, sugar-candy,
Which hand wun y6 have ? ' (2) Sh.I. They amused themselves
with such games as hunt-da-slipper, wads, and haand-de-kroopin ,
SPENCE Fib-Lore (1899) 190 ; S. ft Ork.1 A game in which one of
the players turns his face to the wall, his hand resting upon his
back ; he must continue in this position until he guesses who struck
his hand, when the striker takes his place. (3, a) Sc.(jAM.) Cai.1
To come to handicuffs, to come to blows. w.Yks.1 (A) w.Yks.1
(4, a) Nhb.1, w.Yks.2 Lan.1 Common. Something being hidden
in one hand, both are presented by the player to his opponent
with the words, ' Handy-dandy, sugar candy, which hand is it in ?'
Glo. A game, ' when by nimbly changing hands, and slipping a
piece of money from one hand into the other, the guesser is at
a loss, which hand to fix upon, tho' he thinks he saw its place,
Horae Subsecivae (1777) 200. Hmp. To play at handy dandy, and
guess which is the justice, which is the thief. A sort of slight of
hand, when by exchanging hands nimbly, and slipping the thing
from one hand to another, the guesser is often deceived, and at a
loss what hand to fix upon. There is a ... way of playing it, by
two persons putting their hands one above the other, and then
raising them and replacing them with rapidity ; used among
children, GROSE (1790) MS. add. (M.) Dev.3 (6) m. Yks.1 ' He's
handy-dandy with him,' said of one who is a match for another in
sharpness. (5) Sh.I. He'd been blied if dey'd come in haandie-
grips, S/t. News (Oct. 23, 1897). Cai.' Slk. We canna come to
handygrips wi' him, HOGG Tales (1838) 46, ed. 1866. Kcb.
Certainly my light is dim, when it cometh to handy-grips, RUTHER-
FORD Lett. (i66o) No. 108. ',6) Oxf.1 MS. add. (7) Abd. Seean'
nae way for the laird out o' his difficulty but by handy micht,
Deeside Tales (1872) 121. (81 [It is very handy for the masons
and is almost invariably worked by Irishmen, N. & Q. (1853; ist
S. viii. 508.] (9) w.Yks.5 A child's game, in which something is
changed from one hand to the other, and guesses are made as to
which hand contains it. Chs.1 The one who conceals the object
says — ' Handy Pandy, sugary candy, Guess which hand it's in ;
Right hand or left hand, Guess which hand it's in.' Shr. BURNE
Fit-Lore (1883) 531 ; Shr.1 (10) s.Chs.1 Wi)sn sey 0 bit u aan-di-
pimgg-i naay [We s'n sey a bit o' handy-pungy nal]. (u) Flf.
The hedge sparrow and the yite jinked the handy-stone, COLVILLE
Vernacular (1899 8. (13) Ess. ^HALL.), Ess.1 13) n.Yks.2
2. adj. Skilful, dexterous, clever-handed; apt, clever;
useful.
Sh.I. I was always a handy man, BURGESS Tang (1898) 87.
Elg. I wat she is a handy wife, Oor wife Bell, TESTER Poems ( 1865)
106. Lnk. You find Doghip handy, I suppose, GORDON Pyotshaw
(1885) 233. Edb. Cou'd Prick-the-louse but be sae handy As mak
the breeks and claise to stand ay, FERGUSSON Poems ,17731 2OIi
ed. 1785. Dmf. Ye gleg, handy craftsmen, that toil for yer bread,
QUINN Heather 1,1863) 143. Nhb. (W.G.) Dur.1 A handy lad.
Wm. He's handy wi' a pen (B.K.). n.Yks.1 A desper't handy
chap wiv a speead ; n.Yks.4 He's a varra handy chap. I.Ma. The
doctor was that handy about him the ould chap couldn' do without
him, BROWN Doctor (1887) 34. ed- 1891. nw.Der.1 s.Not. 'You'll
hev to be handy how you get 'em,' said A to B, who meant
' snaking ' some grafts from a choice, well-watched apple-tree
(J.P.K.). Nhp.1 Glo. What a handy girl Mary is (A.B.) ; Glo.2
Oxf.1 MS. add. Brks.1 He be a handy zart o' chap. e^An.2 A
clever workman is 'a handy fellow.' Hmp.1 Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892);
BRITTON Beauties (1825). Dor. Abel be wonderful handy about
the place, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1898) 50. w.Som.1 I 'sure 'ee,
he's a rare fuller to work, and he's s'andy 's a gimblet. Dev.
Tis true that pegs be vury handy crayters, SALMON Ballads( 1899) 50.
3. Good, sound ; suitable, seemly.
Abd. The beast's as soun' 's ever a beast was ; and there's nae
a handier creatur i' the market, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. ; 1882) 102.
Fif. Gin ye angry grow, or glowr, That winna be sae handy,
DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 69.
4. adv. Of place : near by, adjacent to, close at hand.
Sc. ,A.W.) s.Ir. How should you know that I was here so handy
to you ? CROKER Leg. (1862) 289. n.Cy. 'J.W.) Cum. His house is
handy to his office (E.W.P.) ; Cum.4 His house is very handy to his
office. Yks. (J.W.), Not. VL.C.M.), Not.1 n.Lin.1 Oor chech
Stan's soa nice an' handy that I mostlin's goa theare e'stead o' to
chapil. Lei.1 ' Weer's Higgam ? ' ' Whoy, joost 'andy to Stooke.'
Nhp.12 War.2 The farm lies very handy. Glo. (J.S.F.S.) ; I says
to her 'as 'er'd ought to go to the churchyard of the parish as 'er's
now in, as it is so much handier, yer see, BUCKMAN Darke's Sojourn
( 1890) xi ; Glo.12, Oxf. (G.O.) Brks." A little me-ad lez handy to
the house. Snr.1 Sus. HOLLOW AY. Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892) ; Wil.1
Handy home. ' I be zo hard o' hirin', I caan't hire nothen, wi'out
I comes handier to 'ee,'*. an. n.Wll. 'Tis handy 'Vize [It's near
Devizes] (E.H.G.). Som. Handy her last end, RAYMOND Men o'
Mendip (1898) i ; JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825^ w.Som.1
Her do live up handy Taun'on. Dev. He said the stones were
very handy for him, BRAY Desc. Tantar and Tavy (1836) I. 248.
Cor. And ef the sai [sea] es handy by, In the ' Fisheries' we will
fish, FORFAR Poems (1885) 10.
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5. Of time : near to, approaching, nearly.
Hmp. Howold is she? — Oh, she's handy upon twelve (M.C.H. B.\
I.W. Pretty handy twelve o'clock (J.D.R.) ; I.W.1, Wil.1 s Wil.
Handy ten o'clock, Monthly Mag. (1814) II. 114. w.Som.1 They
did'n come home gin handy one o'clock. Come, Soce ! I zim 'tis
handy dinner-time. Dev. Christmas Day being so handy to Sunday
this year (H.S.H.).
6. Almost, very nearly, near about.
War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897) ; War.2 s.War.1 That
bit o' garden ground is handy to 20 pole. Hrf.1 Handy a mile.
Oxf.' Dhat dhaa-r pig waiz aan'di ten skor [That thar pig weighs
handy ten scor]. Wil.1 A gied un vower days' work, or handy.
Dev. The game was preserved, but the keeper lived handy two
mile from here, MORTIMER Tales Moors (1895) 265; Handy two
thousand feet auver the zea, ib. 290.
7. Easily, readily, without trouble. Also used attrib.
Ayr. When climbing o'er the Hadyer Hill, It wasna han'y wark,
man, Ballads and Sngs. (1846) I. 94; Oaths come oot far owre
handy when folk get a drap o' whisky, JOHNSTON Glenbuckie
(1889! l6- Wgt. Onything they get ower handy they think nae
gear aboot, FRASER Wigtown 1,1877; 364. n.Cy. (J.W.) War.3 It
is a good bit of ground, it works so handy.
8. Readily, quickly.
n.Cy. (J.W.) Not. Look handy (L.C.M.) ; Be handy, be quick
U.H.B.) ; (W.H.S.) Nhp.2
9. Officious ; over-busy with one's hands.
n.Cy. (J.W.) s.Not. Don't be so handy with your marking ;
I can mark for myself (J.P.KA Oxf. (G.O.)
HANDY, sb? Sc. Nhb. Cum. Also in form hannie
Lnk. Cum.12 [ha'ndi, ha'ni.] 1. A small tub with a
handle used for carrying water, milk, &c. ; a milking-pail.
Per. Women used to milk the cows into handies before pails
were used for this purpose. The handy is seldom seen now(G.W.).
Lnk. Bring the twa milk hannies, WATT Poems (1827) 59. N.Cy.1
Small wooden cylindrical vessel made of staves hooped together,
one being longer than the rest and serving as a handle. Nhb.
(W.G.) ; Lyavethe waiter oot wi' the handy, lass (R. O.K.); Nhb.1
Cum.1 ; Cum.4 A small tub of cylindrical form having a long handle ;
elsewhere called Piggin. [A handy formed like a miniature milk-
pail, STEPHENS Farm Bk. (eA. 1849) I. 528.]
2. Comp. (i) Handie-full, the fill of a milk-pail ; (2) -kit,
a tub or pail having a long handle.
( i) Lnk. I had gane into the milkhouse ... to teem a hannie-fu' o'
milk, Edb. Mag. <,Dec. 1818) 503 QAM.). (2) Cum.14
3. A wooden dish for holding food.
s.Sc. I flang the hannie frae me, Edb. Mag. (Dec. 1818) 503
(JAM.) ; Thus denominated because it has an ear or hand for
holding by (JAM.).
HANE, see Hain, v.1
HANG, v. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Amer. Also in forms ang- Cor.12 ; hange- Der. [h)arj,
erj, asrj.] I. v. Gram, forms. 1. Present Tense: (i)
Ank, (2) Haing, (3) Heng, (4) Hong. [For additional
examples see II below.] See King.
(r) Ess.1 (2) Arg. Haing the meishachan, where first I felt
love's mainglin' smart, COLVILLE Vernacular (1899 1 6. (3^ n.Yks.4,
w.Yks.2. s.Chs.1 Sns. What dey heng a thousan bucklers on,
LOWER Sng. Sol. (1860) iv. 4. (4; Lan. Furst he chops off his
woife's heaod, and then hongs aw t'priests, AINSWORTH Witches
(ed. 1849) Introd. iii. Cor.2
2. Preterite : (i) Henged, (2) Unged.
(i) w.Yks. A've a singin bird heng'd at t'haase top, ECCLES
Sags. ( 1862) 24. (2) w.Som. Uung'd, Athenaeum (Feb. 26, 1898).
3. pp. (i) Hangen, (2) Hangit, (3) Henged, (4) Unged.
(5) Ungen.
(i) e.Yks.1 (a) Sc. Do not talk of a rape to a chiel whase
father was hangit, RAMSAY Prov. (1737). Nhb. Weel fangit — syne
hangit, we'se see them a', DIXON Whittingham Vale (1895) 193 ;
(R.O.H.) (3) w.Yks. Be heng'd to yer meter hannels ! BINNS
Orig. (1889) No. i. 5. (4) w.Som. U-ung'd, Athenaeum (Feb. 26,
1898). (5) s.Chs.1 Ungn, 81.
II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In comb, (i) Hang-a-balk, a
gallows-bird, one ripe for the gallows ; (2) -back, hesita-
tion, hanging back; (3) -bench, a piece of timber forming
part of the ' stow ' in a mine ; (4) -bow, the hanging-post
of a gate, to which the hinges are attached ; (5) -by,
a hanger-on ; (6) -choice, no difference, one as bad as
the other ; ' Hobson's choice ' ; (7) -dog, (a) a worthless
fellow, a reprobate ; (b) villainous, bad ; (8) -dog-like, see
(?> b} ; (9) -dog look, a villainous or vile expression ; also
used attrib. in form -dog-looking ; (ID) -fair, a public
execution ; also called Hanging-fair (q. v.) ; (n) -gallows
(a) see (i) ; (b) see (7, b) ; (12) -gallows-look, see (9);
( 13) -lock, a padlock 5(14) -mad, riotous tumult, boisterous
frolic ; also used at/rib. ; (15) -net, a species of net ;
see below ; (16) — on, mining term : a call from the
banksman to the onsetter, after any stop, to recommence
work ; (17) -post, see (4) ; (18) -sleeve, a dangler ; an
officious but unmeaning suitor; (19) -such, (20) -trace, see
(i) ; (21) -(s-tree, see (4).
(i) Nhb.1 (2) Som. There'd be no hang-back about John
Winterhead,once his mind was made up, RAYMOND Men o' Mendip
(1898) xi. (3) Der. Hading Hang-bench muttering in his sleeve,
FURNESS Medicus (1836) 31 ; Hange-benches, turntree, and coes,
MANLOVE Lead Mines (1653) '• 268- (4) nw.Dev.' Formerly it used
to project considerably above the gate, the upper part being curved
towards the head and secured at its end to a diagonal cross-piece.
Cor. The hang-bow and millyer [the hinge] was all that was left
of the gate, THOMAS Randigal Rhymes (1895) 6. (5) w.Yks.3 (6)
Nhb. ' Chs.1 ' Am nor oi a better bye than Johnny, grandmother ? '
' Aw dunna know ; you're both so nowt, that it's hang choice
between you.' s.Chs.1 7, a) n.Yks.4 [The man is not a repro-
bate— not a hang-dog. JEFFERIES Hodge 1880) II. 195.] (b) Bnff.1
He canna be gueede, he hiz sic a hang-dog face. [Look at his
hang-dog air, DICKENS Mutual Friend (1865) bk. i. xii/] (8) Bnff.1
A widna like t'meet yon lad i' the dark ; he hiz as hingum-tringum,
hang-dog-like a leuck 's iver I saw. 19) Lakel.2 n.Yks.4 Deean't
gan aboot wiv a hang-dog leeak o' thi fceace leyke that. e.Yks.1,
n.Lin.1 w.Som.1 Me, gwain to have thick hangdog-looking fuller !
— why, I widn be a zeed in a ten-acre field way un. (10) Wil.1
• Hang-fair at 'Vize.' formerly treated as a great holiday. Obs. The
Pleasure Fair at Warminster, on August n, is known as ' Hang-
Fair,' perhaps from the hanging of two murderers there on that
day in 1813. Dor. The innkeeper supposed her some harum-
skarum young woman who had come to attend ' hang-fair' next
day, HARDY Wessex Tales (1888) I. in. Som. They told the
grim story of that day . . . How there were thousands at Hang-
fair, RAYMOND Men o Mendip (1898) ii ; (W.F.R.); W. & J. Gl.
(1873^. (n, a) Nhb.1 Cum. That Curst fella's a real Yankee, an
a regular hang-gallas, SARGISSON Joe Swap (1881) 211. n.Yks.
(T.S.), w.Yks.15, War. J.R.W.) Wil. Where's the money I put
in th' zack, you hang-gallus? AKERMAN Tales (1853) 55; SLOW
Gl. (1892) ; Wil.1 Som. SWEETMAN Wincanton Gl. ',1885). w.Som.1
' I calls'n a proper hang-gallis — why I wid'n be a zeed in a ten-acre
field way un.' Very commonly used to express repugnance at
association or contact with any one. s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.) (b)
I.W.2 He's a hang-gallus rascal. Dor. A hang-gallows rogue.
BARNES Gl. (1863). Som. That hang-gallis fellow Standerwick,
RAYMOND Men o' Mendip (1898) viii ; A hang-gallise fellow, JEN-
NINGS Dial. w.Eng. (1869). w.Som.1 You hang-gallis oseburd,
tid'n good I catch thee. Who's thick there hang-gallis fuller ?
Cor.1 You angallish dog, you ; Cor.2 (12) Lakel.2, e.Yks.1, w.Yks.1,
Lin.1 Dev.3 Bill Jones 'th a-got a 'ang-gallous Hike in 'es face that
mak'th me creem tu luke at 'n. (13) Nhb.1 Still used, but probably
obsol. (14; m.Yks.1 Employed occas. as an adj. and commonly as
a sb. (15) Dmf. Hang-nets are larger in the mesh than any other
nets, and are stretched upright between stakes of about ten feet
long, placed at regular distances of about eight feet, Agtic. Surv.
605 (JAMA e.An.1 ^s.v. Hay-net . (16) Nhb., Dur. NICHOLSON
Coal Ti: Gl. (1888). (17) Chs.1 ; Chs.3 In contradistinction to the
'clappost/againstwhichthegateshuts. (18, ig)e.An.1 (2o)m.Yks.1
Aye, he's a hang-trace, as aud Betty says by such like. (21) Hrf.2
2. Phr. ( i) to hang at, to take one's time at ; (2) — by, to
cling to, be on the side of ; (3) — for, to be desirous or
anxious for; (4) — for rain, to threaten rain; (5) — idly,
of a sheep : to be ill ; (6) — in hand, to be dull of sale ; (7)
— in the band, to remain unsold ; (8) — in the bell-ropes,
said of a couple in the interval elapsing between the calling
of their banns in church and the wedding ; also of one who
has been deserted after publication of the banns ; (9) —
in the wind, (a) to subsist on uncertainty, await events ;
used attrib. ; (b) to put oft", delay, postpone ; (10) — on the
bough, to remain unmarried ; (n) — on the slack rope, to
be lazy; (12) — on to, to scold ; (13) — out, to loiter or
stop about a place ; (14) — to, to have an inclination or
affection for ; (15) — together, to just be alive and nothing
more ; (16) — up, (a) to bring in debt ; (b) to hinder or
delay; to foil, prevent ; used in pp.; (c) to leave off work ;
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HANG
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HANGED
(17) — up afield, to take the cattle off a field and give it a
long rest, so as to freshen up the pasture ; (18) — up the
hat, (a) to be very intimate in a house ; to be an accepted
suitor ; (b) of a man when married : to go and live in his
wife's house ; (19) — up by one leg, see below ; (20) — the
a—e, to loiter, hold back; (21) —the baker, to become
bankrupt, be out of materials for work; (22) —the fiddle
behind the door, to leave one's good humour behind one;
(23) — the lip, to pout, look sullen ; (24) — the stump, see
below ; (25) be hang ye or to ye, an exclamation ; (26) what
did ye hang your father for, see below ; (27) Guy heng ! see
(25) ; (28) to hang out the broomstick, to angle for a husband.
(i)w.Wor.[He]wanttohangat it, S. BEAUCHAMP Granlley Grange
(1874) II. 56. (a) s.Oxf. Them lawyers allus 'angs by the rich folks,
ROSEMARY Chiltems (1895) 61. (3) n.Lin.1 Well Mary Ann, thoo
can do as la likes, bud I hang for y& goin' to Mrs. plaace ; its
a knawn good un. (4) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 It's been hangin' for
raain three or foher daays but noan cums. (5) Nrf. When a sheep
' hang idly,' as they say here in their sing-song provincialism, the
knowingdog will never touch it — they seem to discern that the sheep
isill,EMERSONyaras(i8ai)n6. (6) Nhp.»,Hnt.(T.P.F.) (7)w.Yks.2
A house or a farm is said ' to hang i' t'band a long time ' if it does not
sell when it is offered for sale, and when for a considerable time no
purchaser can be found. (8) s.Chs.1, nw.Der.1 Wor. If, after the
publication of banns, the marriage does not come off, the ' deserted
one ' is said to be hung in the bell-ropes, N. & Q. 1,1867) 3rd S.
xii. 139. (9, a) Com.4 The company consists of the ' well-to-
do ' and the hang-i'-th'-win' class, BURN Rosenthal, 13. (b) Gall.
She seldom saw them happy, Matches that hang lang i' win,
NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814) 114, ed. 1897. ,10) Sc. Ye impident
woman! It's easy seen why ye were left hingin' on the bough,
KEITH Indian Uncle (1896) 5. (n) w.Cor. He rarely does any-
thing, he's very fond of hanging on the slack rope (M.A.C.). (la)
e.An.1 I'll hang on to him properly when I catch him. (13) Mid.
Don't hang out here, stops business, BLACKMORE Kit (1890) I. xvi.
(14) s.Chs.1 60 wuz widh iiz fur u men'i 6e'ur, un it)s lahyk Oz
iv 6o)z au'viz ungn t6o uz [Hoo was with us for a many 'ear, an"
it's like as if hoo's auvays hungn to us]. (15) S. & Ork.1 Yea,
lamb, he's just hanging together. Cai.1 (16, a) w.Som.1 A man
having a bill brought in unexpectedly for goods ordered on his
account by his wife or servant, would say: ' I'm darned if I'll be
a hanged up like this here.' This phr. is most likely the same in
origin as ' chalk up ' — viz. from the score due to a publican being
written on a slate and hung up, the more primitive method having
been to chalk it on the back of the door. It is easy to see how
the expression might get to be applied to a more systematic debit.
(6) Ken.1 ' He is quite hung up,' so circumstanced that he is
hindered from doing what otherwise he would. Sur.' To be delayed
or hindered, as in hay-making or harvest, from bad weather or want
of hands. Sus.1 I was so hung up for time all last week I couldn't
come, (c} [Ainer. A mower, when rain was coming on : ' I reckon
we'll have to hang up for all day,' Dial. Notes (1896) I. 37a.] (17)
Wil.1 n.Wil. After a farmer has turned his cattle out and ' fed ' a
field, he will say, ' We'll hang up that field ' (E.H.G.). (18, a)
Ayr. Ye have only to gang doon and hang up your hat, JOHNSTON
Glenbuckie (1889) azo. n.Yks.4 Ah can hang mail hat up yonder
when Ah'vea mahnd teea. s.Stf. It was known . . . that Snelling
' hung his hat up ' — that is the local phrase — at the abode of
Ephraim Shorthouse, whose daughter Cecilia was grown to a
marriageable age, MURRAY John Vale (1890) xvii. Brks.1 (b) Sc.
(A.W. ) w.Som.1 When a man marries and goes home to the wife's
house to live, he is said to 'hang uphishat." The phr. is an everyday
one, perfectly well understood by every one. It is a bantering
and rather depreciatory saying. (19) Wil. Though the wheat
grew very luxuriantly during the winter, the March winds,
particularly after frost, frequently blew the earth away from the
plant, and left it (as the Wiltshire phrase is) ' hung up by one
leg," Agric, 50. (ao) w.Yks.1 [My lads, I am told you hang an
a — se. I have gone to sea thirty years man and boy, and never
saw English sailors afraid before, SMOLLETT R. Random (1748)
Ixv.] (ai) Cam.4 (aa) Ir. No man 'ill know betther how to hang
his fiddle behind the door, CARLETON Fardorougha (1836) ai ;
The old midwives believed that if a man was brutal or unkind (e. g.
hung his fiddle behind the door) when a child was born to him
they could transfer all the pain of child-bearing to him, it. note.
(33) nw.Der.1 (34) Nhp.1 A term amongst hedgers and ditchers
when they hang small thorns on the stumps of the lower table of
a newly laid hedge ; to prevent animals biting the young shoots in
the spring and summer. (35) N.I.1 O behang t'ye for a fool.
n.Yks.2 (36) Brkt.1 Children run after cock turkeys calling,
' What d'ye hang yer vather wi',' to get the reply ' Holter, holler,
holler ' (s.v. Come back). (37) I.Ma. Guy heng ! The woman's
mad, CAINE Manxman (1894) I. iii. 1,38) Oxf. (G.O.)
3. Of mortar : to cling, hold together.
Lon. A walling builder told me that ' mac ' was as good as the
best sand ; il made Ihe mortar ' hang,' and without either that or
sand, the lime would ' brittle ' away, MAYHEW Land. Labour
(ed. 1861) II. 199.
4. Coal-mining term : to incline or dip. See King, v.
II. 6. Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. GREENWELL Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
5. To stand ; to incline or stand on a slope.
N.I.1 Hangin' on my feet al) day. e.Snf. ' That are hill du hang
wholly heavy,' is very steep (F.H.).
6. To fix a gate or door in its place by crooks or hinges.
Yks. J.W.i, n.Lin.1 Ess.1 ' Ank that gate' for ' hang or shut
that gate.' w.Som.1 Technically a carpenler hangs a door or gale
when he fits it to ils place, fixes Ihe hinges, and makes il open
and shul properly.
7. Of a scythe : to set it in its ' snead ' or handle.
N.I.1 Nrf. 1 take my old Fanny — we allust call our scythes arler
our wives— and hung her, EMERSON Son of Fens (i8ga) 131.
w.Som.1 Thy zive id'n a-hang vilty, the toer o' un's a cocked up
to much. nw.Dev.1
8. sb. Phr. (i) hang lit on it.' may hanging befall it ; an
imprecation; (2) the hang.' an expletive.
(i) Lakel.2, n.Yks.2, m.Yks.1 (a) Don. What the hang did ye
call her ? MACMANUS Oiney Kittach in Century Mag. (Oct. 1899 955.
0. A snare for catching rabbits, hares, &c.
Nhb. I'm no sae laith to see them spang An' wam'le, fast tied
wi' a 'hang,' PROUDLOCK Borderland Muse (1896) 341 ; Nhb.1 A
noose made of very fine wire or hair. n.Yks. T'hare was catcht
in a hang I.I.W.). Chs.13, s.Chs.1
10. A crop of fruit.
e.An.1 A good tidy hang of apples. Nrf. We've got a rare hang
of plums t'year (W.R.E.). Suf. (R.E.L.), Suf.1, e.Snf. (F.H.)
11. A declivity, slope. Cf. hanger, 5, hanging, sb. 4.
e.An.1 e.Snf. The hang of a hill (F.H.).
HANGALL, see Hankie, v.
HANGE, sb. Hrf. Glo. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Dor. Som. Dev.
Cor. Also written hanje Dev. ; and in forms henge
Hmp.1 I.W.1 Wil.1 Som. Dev. ; hinge Hrf.1 Glo.12 Hmp.1
Wil.1 Dor.1 Cor.3; inge Glo.1 [aeng, eng, ing.] The
pluck or liver, lungs and heart of any animal.
Hrf.1 Glo. LEWIS Gl. ,1839); Glo.12 Hmp. A sheep's head
and henge. A pig's hcnge (J.R.W. ;; Hmp.1, I.W.1 Wil. SLOW
Gl. (18921; 'Peg's hcnge,' pigs fry or 'inwards' iK.M.G.);
BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; Wil.1 The heart, liver, and lungs of a
sheep or pig. In some parts of s.Wil. used only of the latter.
w.Cy. GROSE (1790). Dor.1 Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825); (W.F.R.) w.Som.1 In dressing sheep, the head is usually
left attached by the windpipe ; this is always called a ' sheep's
head and hange' [an'j]. A calf or pig always has the head
separated ; hence one hears only of a ' calf s hange,' or a ' pig's
hange.' Dev. Butchers sell 'sheep's-head and hange' for a few
pence, HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1892); Reports Provinc. (1877) 132;
Dev.1 Why if es could ha' but a sheep's head and hange es should
ha' the virst cut o't, 44. n.Dev. GROSE (1790). nw.Dev.1, s.Dev.
SF.W.C.), Cor.123 w.Cor. The tinner's wife put all the pork left
at home in salt, except the leans, and saved them to make a good
pie the Feasten Sunday. She made the hinges and other things
serve them till then, BOTTRELL Trad. 3rd S. 69.
Hence Hanjed, ppl. adj. used as a term of abuse.
n.Dev. What's me-an by thai, ya long-hanjed meazle, Exm. Scold.
,1746) 1. 30; A long hanjed creature, Home Subsecivae (i"m) aoi.
[Et sol' pro i Calvishede cum le henge adpaschetyde pro-
iantacula iiij", Chw. Ace. (1494) S. Edmund Sarum (ed.
1896) 43.]
HANGED, ppl. adj. Sc. Cum. Chs. Also in form
hangit Sc. Cum.4 1. In comb. (i)Hanged-faced, having
a look that seems to point to the gallows ; (2) — hay, hay
hung on the steelyard to be weighed, previous to selling ;
(3) -like, shamefaced, hang-dog like.
( i) Rxb. (JAM.) (a) Chs.1 ; Chs.2 (s.v. Doe) ; Chs.3 ' Hanged
hay never does cattle," i. e. bought hay does not pay. ' Slung
hay ' is another version, and like ' hanged hay,' refers to the mode
of weighing. (3) Sc. Applied to one who is out of countenance
or knows not what excuse to make for his conduct. It is said thai
he looks very hangil-like QAM.). Cum.4 At last he turn't oot, bil
hang't like, RICHARDSON Talk (1871) isl S. 34.
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2. Cursed, damned.
e.Fif. He paid the siller wi' hangit ill-will, LATTO Tarn Bodkin
1,1864) xv. Lnk. It's a lee ! It's a hangit lee, she's gaun to marry
oor Jossie ! GORDON Pyotshaw (1885) 41.
HANGEDLY, adv. Cum. Yks. Reluctantly, unwill-
ingly ; despondently, as though being led to the gallows.
Cum. The lave tho" hang'dly follow him Wi' nea uncommon
spead, STAGG Misc. Poems (ed. 1807) 40. n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 He left
heeam varry hangedly; n.Yks.34, ne.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 He gangs
vara hangedly.
HANGER, sb. Nhb. Yks. Oxf. Nrf. Ken. Sus. Hmp. I.W.
w.Cy. Dor. Also in form anjur- I.W.2 1. A hook or link
by which a pot or kettle is suspended over the fireplace.
Oxf.1 MS. add. w.Cy. Hung a black kettle over it [fire] on a
veritable pothook and hanger, Longmans Mag. (Apr. 1898) 543 ;
The old iron ' hangers ' for pots are very common, il>, (Nov. 1896; 64.
2. Comp. Anjur-dogs, andirons at the side of a hearth to
support the logs, and with hooks for the spit to run on. I.W.2
3. A hinge. See Hinger, 3.
Nhb.1 As gen. used on field or garden gates. w.Cor. I bought
new hangers for my desk. Shall I put new hangers to this door ?
(M.A.C.)
4. //. Fungi hanging to old logs. Nrf. (P.H.E.)
5. A hanging wood on the side of a hill. Cf. hang, sb. 11.
w.Yks. The Jay . . . occurs in some of the large falls, or hangers,
in Airedale, LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 143. Ken.1, Sus.12
Hmp. The naked part of the Hanger is now covered with thistles,
WHITE Selborne (1789) 301, ed. 1853; (J.R.W.) ; (H.E.) ; Hmp.1
These hangers are woods on the sides of very steep hills. The
trees and underwood hang, in some sort, instead of standing on
it. Hence these places are called hangers, COBBETT Rur. Rides,
87. Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863;.
HANGEREL, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Also in
forms hangarel(l Sc. (JAM.) Cum.14; hangerill n.Yks.;
hangrell Gall. Wm. & Cum.1 [hja-rjaral.] 1. A stick in
a butcher's shop, on which the carcase of a pig or other
animal is suspended, a ' cambrel.' N.Cy.1, Nhb.1
2. An implementofthestable,upon which bridles, halters,
&c., are hung ; a stick or post on which anything is hung.
Sc. Commonly a stout branch of a tree with a number of knots
left on, Gl. Sibb. (JAM.) Gall. They [liggetts] are hung on what is
termed a hangrell, MACTAGGART Encycl. (.1824) 316, ed. 1876.
3. Fig. A lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person ; a hanger-
on. Also used altrib.
Cum.14 Wm. & Cum.1 A hangrell gang Com' with a bensil owr
the sea, 168. n.Yks.2
HANGIE, sb. Sc. Nhb. [ha-rji.j 1. A hangman.
Sc. Gin hangie would gie them a dip through his trap door, FORD
Thistledown (1891) 312. Frf. There he stood till hangie got Beneath
his lug the ugly knot, SANDS Poems (1833) 109. Lnk. Vild hangy's
taz, RAMSAY Poems (1721) 36 ; Ilk ane saw auld Hangie's helter
Owre his head aboot to fa', NICHOLSON Kilwuddie (ed. 1895) 76.
Nhb. The hangey . . . that trims wor neckornowt suit in this life,
CHATER Tyneside Aim. (1869) 23.
2. The devil.
Cai.1 Ayr. Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An' let poor
damned bodies be, BURNS Address Deil (,1785) st. 2.
3. A drift-net. Cf. hang, 9. The use of the hangie or
drift-net on the waters of the Tay, Scottish Leader (Mar.
u, 1889) 5.
HANGING, ppl. adj. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc.
Irel. Eng. and Colon. Also written hangen War. Dor.1
1. ppl. adj. In comp. (i) Hanging-bout, an execution,
hanging ; (2) — coal, a common sort of coal ; (3) -
cover, a wood on the slope of a hill ; (4) -fair, see (ij ; (5)
— field, a field on a slope ; (6) — gale, a payment of rent
allowed to lie in arrear ; see Gale, sb.3 ; (7) — gate, a bar
hung across a small stream to prevent any one passing it ;
(8) — geranium, the geranium, Saxifraga sarmentosa ; (9)
•head, the upright part of a gate, to which the hinges are
attached ; (10) -house, a shed under a continuation of the
roof of a house ; (n) — level, an uninterrupted declivity;
an inclined plane ; (12) — market, see below; (13) -on,
mining term : a place in the shaft where tubs are taken
out and put in; (14) -post, see (9); (15) -side, the high
side of a drift in a colliery, driven on the level of an in-
clined stratum ; (16) -wall, an overhanging wall ; the
wall or side in a mine over the regular vein ; (17) -wood,
see (3).
(i) n.Yks.2 (a) Stf.1 (3) War. The hounds were ' run through
a hanging cover,' B'ham Dy. Gazette (Feb. 18, 1899) Hunting Notes.
(4) Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873:. w.Som.1 Jack and Liz be gwain to
be married next Thuzday, 'cause there's gwain to be a hanging
fair to Taunton thick morning, and they must lost a day's work, so
they be gwain there fust, vor a bit of a spree. (5) e.Suf. (F.H.)
(6) N.I.1 On some estates it is customary to allow one gale of rent
to lie always in arrear. This is called the hanging gale. Myo.
They owed but six months' rent with the hanging gale, Times
(Nov. 13, 1880 . (7) Lnk. Below the hanging gate on Barncluith
burn, PATRICK Plants (1831) 191. (8) Wil.1 From the way in
which it is usually suspended in a cottage window. (9) w.Som.1
(10) Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863). (ii) Nnp.1, e.An.1 Nrf., Sus.
HOLLOWAY. (12.! Lon. It was a hanging market that day — that is
to say. things had been dear, and the costers couldn't pay the price
for them, MAYHEW Land. Labour (1851) I. 64. (13) Nhb., Dur.
NICHOLSON Coal Tr. Gl. (1888;. (14) Wil.1 Freq. heard, although
' har ' is much more commonly used. w.Som.1 Thick piece mid do
vor a vallin post, but he id'n good 'nough vor a hangin-post.
nw.Dev.1 The back is hinged to the hangin'-poss by crooks an'
eyes, and the head is usually fastened to the vallin'-poss by a hapse
and stape. (15; Nhb. (,G.C.G.) (.lOjnw.Der.i.Nhp.1 [Aus. What
we thought was the ' hanging-wall' caved in, and showed us the
true reef again, VOGAN Blk. Police (1890) vii.j (17) Nhp.1, War.3
e.Suf. (F.H.)
2. Phr. (i) hanging bone villain, a term of abuse ; (2) —
sort of way, wavering between illness and health.
(i) w.Ir. Oh, the hangin' bone villian ! LOVER Leg. ^1848) I. 199.
va) Chs.1
3. sb.pl. The hinges or apparatus on which a door,
gate, &c., is made to swing.
w.Som.1 The hook and eye or hook and twist are the common
forms of gate hangings. '(You. can put wiren hangings to thick
box, neef 'ee mind to.' nw.Dev.1
4. The sloping side of a hill ; the steep wooded side of a
hill. Cf. hanger, 5.
Nhp.1 ' It lies on the hangings,' on the side of a hill. Brks.1 E'll
vind moor partridges on the hangin' yander 'n anywher. Hmp.
(J.R.W.), Wil.1 n.Wil. I see dree foxes up in th' hanging (E.H.G. .
Dor. BARNES Gl. (,I863) > Dor.1 My little zummer-leaze da stratch
all down the hangen, 141.
5. A hillside field.
War. (J.R.W.) Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892); Wil.1 Som. SWEETMAN
Wincanton Gl. (1885).
HANGLE, sb. Lan. Glo. Brks. Wil. Som. Also in
forms angle Lan. ; hangler Wil.1 [a'rjl, avnl.] 1. The
iron rack or pot-hook on which a kettle, &c., is suspended
over the fire. Gen. in pi.
Glo. (J.S.F.S.) Brks. Gl. (1852); Brks.1, Wil.1 Som.jENNiNGS
Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825); W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; i^W.F.R.); (F.A.A.)
w.Som.1 In farm-houses and places where wood only is burnt, a
bar of iron is placed across the chimney, six or seven feet from
the ground ; from this are hung iron hooks so made as to lengthen
or shorten at will, and on these are hung the various pots and
kettles over the fire. These hooks are sometimes called hangles,
'or ' a pair o' angles,' but oftener ' chimbly crooks.'
2. A door-hinge.
Lan. The gate drooping from its angles, BRIERLEY Layrock
^1864) III. 36; In Saddleworth and its neighbourhood the word
'angle' is very commonly used to denote a door-hinge, Manch.
City News (Feb. 29, 1896).
HANGMAN, sb. Der. Nhp. War. Shr. Som. In phr.
hangman' swages, (i) thirteen pence halfpenny ; (2) money
paid beforehand for work.
(i) nw.Der.1, Nhp.1 War.3 Rarely heard now. w.Som.1 The
tradition is that in the time of good King George, or 'Farmer
George,' as he is still called, the hangman, himself a reprieved
convict, received the clothes of the condemned and thirteen pence
half-penny for each culprit. The price of a box of pills is still
facetiously spoken of as hangman's wages. (2) Shr.1
HANGMENT, sb. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not.
War. Also Som. Also in forms engmond, engmont
w.Yks. ; hangman w.Yks.3 ; hangmet w.Yks. ; hangmut
e.Lan.1; hengment, hengmondt w.Yks. [h)a'rjment,
e-rjment, avnment.] 1. A hanging, execution ; en-
tanglement.
n.Yks.2 w.Som.1 I thort I never should'n a-got droo they there
HANGY
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brimmles, 'twas jish hangment's never you behold. They do zay
how thick there fuller's a-let off, zo there 'ont be no hangment to
Taun'on thease year.
2. The devil, deuce, used as an oath in van phr., esp.
what the hangment. Also in pi,
Cum. What the hangment is ta maapen aboot noo ? Willy Wattle
(1870) 3 ; Cam.14 Yks. The haangmenttak that hangrick, FETHER-
STON T. Goorkrodger (1870) 137. n.Yks. (I.W.I; What the
hangment is t'fellow gain ta diu? (W.H.) e.Yks.1 Hangment tiv
it, says Ah. w.Yks. I couldn't imagine whot the engmond wor
t'matter wi' urn, Yksman. 1880) 198; Nah then, hah leng are ye
bahn ta keep me waiten ? Whot the hengmondt ! HARTLEY Clock
Aim. (1874) T, Whear the hengments hes teh been? (JE.E.);
(S.P.U.); w.Yks.12; w.Yks.3 A woman who turned in her toes
put her shoes, by mistake, on the wrong feet and exclaimed, ' Why
what the hangman do I ail ? I used to twang, but now I shale.'
Lan. What the hangment ails 'em • CLEGG Sketc/itt, 1(18951 7 ; Lan.1,
n.Lan.1, e.Lan.1 War.3 What the hangment is that fellow doing?
3. Phr. (i) to play the hangment, (a) to be very much en-
raged ; (b) to injure, play havoc or the mischief with ; (2)
shame and hangment, an oath or exclamation.
(:, a) N.Cy.1 Cum.1 ' He'll play the hangment wid ye,' he will
be very severe ; Cum.4 n.Yks. Yon fellow a'l play the hangment
wi' me if a doant tack him some brass (W.H.). w.Yks. He varry
oft, in his tantrums, plays the engmond wi' hizsen, Yksman. i July
1878) 52; Thare wor t'hengment ta play, Pudsey Aim. (1894);
w.Yks.1 He wor hotterin mad, an play'd t'hangment, ii. 304.
ne.Lan. I mun know naa, lass, or there'll be th' hangments to play,
MATHER Idylls (1895) 259. nw.Der.1 fti) e.Yks.1 This dhry
weather's playin hangment wJ tonnops [turnips]. Chs.1 It's
played the hangment with me. Not.2 He played hangment (or the
hangment) with it. (2} Cum.3 What the sham' an hangment d'ye
mean be that ? Yan o C Elect ; Cum.4
HANGY, adj. Cum. Brks. Suf. 1. Of soil : sticky,
wet, clayey. Cf. clung, 5.
Brks.1 e.An.1 ; e.An.2 Clayey soil, when wet, is hangy. e.Suf.
(F.H.)
2. Poorly, dull through incipient illness. Cum.4 (s. v.
Hingy).
HANGY-BANGY, sl>. Nhb.1 A big, lazy fellow; a
good-for-nothing.
HANK, sb.1 and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ank Bdf. ; henk w.Yks.; hink Ken.12;
honk m.Lan.1 s.Lan. [h)ank, aerjk.] 1. sb. A rope or
coil ; a knot, loop. Also usedy^g".
Sc. Her hanks of raven hair, CUNNINGHAM Stiffs. (1813^ 28; 1
have cast a double hank about the round world since I last heard
of a soft morning, SCOTT SI. Ronan (1824) xv. Ayr. The broom-
covered knowes Took a hank on this heart I ne'er can unlowse,
AINSLIE Land of Bums (ed. 1892 228. N.I.1 Cum.3 Though thy
hair were hanks o' gowd, Sng. Waukrifc Minnie . ne.Yks.1, m. Yks.1
2. A skein or measure of cotton, thread, wool, &c. Also
used Jig.
Sc. It taks twa hanks o' thread, HISLOP Anecdote (1874) 259.
Abd. I'm ganin' ower to the toon to buy a few hanks o' worset,
MACDONALD Sir Gibbie, xxii. Per. Hanks o' thread, FORD Harp
(1893) 210. Ayr. Richt or wrang ye maun leeze out the tanglcdi
hank for yoursel', JOHNSTON Glenbuckie (.1889) 50. Lnk. Coft the
yarn in hanks, WATSON Poems (1853) 85. Gall. At every ' hank '
it [the chack reel] winds, it gives a ' chack ' or clack, MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1824) 130, ed. 1876. N.I.1 A measure of linen yarn. Uls.
A ravelled hank, an intricate piece of business (M.B.-S.). N.Cy.1
To make a ravelled hank, to put anything into confusion. Nhb. A
ravelled hank is a tangled skein, and the word >sjig. applied for
a confused state (K.O.H.). Dur.1, Lakel.- Cum.1 ; Cum.3 When
the worsted hanks she wound, 180 ; Cum.4 A skein of thread or
yarn, composed of 12 cuts. Wm. Hod us this hank o' wursit
(.B.K.). n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 A knot or clump of worsted consisting
of so many skeins. ' They're boun te mak a cotter'd hank on't,'
an entangled business of it. e.Yks. MARSHALL Km: Econ. (1796).
m.Yks.1 Two or more skeins of cotton, silk, worsted, or thread of
any kind. w.Yks. The standard hank of worsted is 560 yards in
length vF.R.); w.Yks.3 Thread, &c. in course of preparation,
wound upon a large cylinder. A hank of wool or cotton is 840
yards, of worsted 560. Six hanks make one bunch in cotton and
worsted, four in woollen ; w.Yks.8, n.Lan.1 s.Lan. BAMFORD
Dial. (1854). Chs.1 A term used in flax-dressing. nw.Der.1, Not.1
Lin. A hank of woollen yarn consists of seven lees, MARSHALL
JfrMMr(l8ll) IIL n-Lin.1, Glo. (A.B.), Glo.2, Oxf. (G.O.) e-An.1
A small quantity of twine, yarn, &c., not rolled in a ball, but
doubled over in lengths, is called a hank. Ken. LEWIS /. Tenet
(1736) ; Ken.1 ; Ken.2 A hank of silk. w.Som.1
3. Phr. (i) to be in a hank, (2) to get or have things in a
hank, to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ; to get one's
circumstances involved ; (3) to have, hold, or keep the hank
in one's own hand, to be master of the situation ; to hold
one's own.
(i) n.Yks.1 (2) n.Yks.14 (3 Sc. Hangie aye keeps the hank
in his ain hand, FORD Thistledown (1891 N 312. ne.Sc. I believed
that I had the hank o' circumstances fairly in my nan', an' cud
win' the thread just as I wished, GRANT Keckleton, 14. Abd.
Which meeting enabled the goodwife to get ' the hank ' sufficiently
in her ain hand, without the appearance, as she thought, of seizing
it too openly, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 173. Ayr. Keep your
ain ban' at your ain hank, Nor fash wi' fremmit matters, AINSLIE
Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 92. Uls. 'To keep the hank in your
own hand.' Prov. Do not abandon any advantage you possess,
from custom of buyer and seller seizing hold of a hank, latter
retaining it, or handing it over according to issue of bargain, Uls.
Jrn. Arch. (1857,1 V. 106. Cum.4 She hed t'hank in her awn
hand, FARRALL Betty Wilson (1886) 127.
4. A cluster, collection of things ; a gang, confederacy,
assemblage.
Nhp.1 They arc all of a hank. War. (HALL.) Som. ' There's
sucl; a hank wi' em al' ' would be said where it was impossible to
lay blame on the right person. Mark Beauchamp tells me that he
has lived for 35 years ' in the hank o' houses' (W.F.RV.
5. Dealings with, connexion. Also m pi. in phr. to have
hanks with. Used always with a neg.
War. (J.R.W.) Oxf.1 Us be fren's now, but at one time, I
66dn't aa no hank wi 'n, MS. add. Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892 ; Wil.1
I won't ha' no hank wi' un. Dor. He would never again have
hanks with any young woman, except the girl he intended to
marry fC. K.P. . Som. I never had noo hank in mathymaticks or
astronomy, AGRIKLER Rhymes (1872) 55; W. & J. Gl. (1873 •
w.Som.1 Her said how her wid'n ha no hanks way un. Also
applied to animals gen. I have heard people warned, moreover,
'nut to have no hanks' with a certain horse, or with an undesir-
able bargain. Dev. A coachman, whose horse had run away, said
to his master afterwards, ' I'll have no more hank with 'im,'
Reports Provinc. (1897). nw.Dev.1
6. A loop for fastening a door or gate.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Nhb. (R.O.H.) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 A rope-
loop for fastening a gate to the post, in lieu of a latch or a hook ;
n.Yks.4 e.Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788). Nhp.1, War.3,
e.An.', Suf.1, e.Suf. (F.H.I
7. Hold, influence, esp. in phr. to have a hank over one,
to have an advantage over one.
Sc. ' You abuse your advantages, madam,' he said, 'and act as
foolishly in doing so, as I did in affording you such a hank over
me,' SCOTT Rcdg. (1824 xix. n.Yks.1 To have one in hank. To
have, or have placed, a person in such circumstances that he is in
a state of perplexity, trouble, or anxiety ; or that he is unable to
extricate himself. Hrf.2 And a couldna get a hank on him. Glo.1
If I'd a done that, I should have given him a hank over me. Ken.1
Wo say a man has a hank on another ; or, he has him entangled in
a skein or string ; Ken.2, Hmp. (J.R.W.) Som. Mothers will say
that the other boys have such a hank upon their own particular
boys (W.F.R. . Dev.1 A wid trounce me if a cou'd ha' any
hank upon me. 43.
8. Phr. (i) to break the hank of a thing, to overcome the
principal difficulty ; (2) to keep a good hank upon your
horse, to have a good hold of the reins.
(i) Bdf. ' To break the ank' or ' hank ' of a thing has the same-
meaning as ' to break the neck ' of it. It may denote properly to
break the bondage which a task imposes, — the hold which it has
upon one (J.W.B.). (a) N.Cy.1
9. A habit, custom, practice.
N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Cum. (H.W.) ; Cum.1 He hes a hank o' gangan
out at nects ; Cum.4 w.Yks.1 Shoe's gitten a sad hank o' runnin
out at neets.
10. A fall or ' chip ' in wrestling.
Lakel.2 Cum.4 C — tried the click and turned it into the hank.
11. A hook, something to hang a thing upon ; a handle.
w.Yks. Aw'Il put this parkin' i' this pot up'o t'henk, Yksman.
Comic Ann. (1880) n. Som. ^HALL.)
12. v. To make up into coils or skeins.
Sh.I. He found the cow's tethers hanging hanked, BURGESS
Tang (1898; 157 ; He hankit his tail ower his elbik, ib. Rasmie
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(1892) 17. N.Cy.1, Cum.", n.Yks.2 w.Yks.5 'Hank,' or ' skein-
thread,' so called because looped together in certain lengths, or
' hanked ' together. ' Hank us that,' loop me that.
Hence Hanking, vbl. sb. the process of putting yarn or
worsted into ' hanks ' or skeins.
w.Yks. (J.M.); BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865).
13. To fasten, secure, tie up ; to fasten with a loop. Also
Sc. A man is said to be hankit, when he has so engaged himself
to a woman, that he cannot recede without breach of faith, and
loss of character QAM.). Lth. We both jumped from the trap,
hanked the nag to the nearest tree, LUMSDEN Sheep-head (1892)
204. Edb. A bonny flae . . . Had a' the night been hankit Fast by
the left foot muckle tae, FORBES Poems (1812) 38. Nhb. Hank
them chines on (R.O.H.). Dur.1, Lakel.1, Cum.1* Win. Ther
chaps al hank thersells onta tha, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 16.
n.Yks.1 To fasten or ' hang ' a horse : as, by passing his bridle, or
halter, over a gate, a hook, or what not ; n.Yks.2 To tie up with a
bandage; n.Yks.34 ne.Yks.1 To hank a band, i. e. fasten or secure
a band. e.Yks. THOMPSON Hist. Welton (1869) 170. w.Yks.1,
Der.2, nw.Der.1 n.Lin. Then owd woman teks clock-waaight, an'
cat-gut band, . . an' hanks it roond tooth, PEACOCK Tales (1886) 98.
s.Wor. To overcast [in sewing] (H. K.). Nrf. Hank up the gate,
COZENS- HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893) 3. e.Suf. Hank up, to fasten a
door or gate with a hook (F.H.).
14. To tie anything so tight, as to leave the impression
of the cord ; to gall with a rope or cord ; to hold a horse
in tight, check him by drawing bridle.
Sc. The neck is said to be hankit when a necklace is tied too
strait GAM.). n.Yks.1
15. To walk arm in arm with ; to link arms.
Nhb. Hank your airm through mine (R.O. H.).
Hence Hanking-arms, vbl. sb. the act of walking arm
in arm.
Lan. They had risen to the dignity of ' hankin'-arms,' although
they had not quite mastered the difficulty of keeping in step with
each other, ALMOND Watercresses, 28.
16. To associate with ; to act or agree with ; to keep
company with.
w.Yks. A man is hanked with another in an evil undertaking,
Leeds Merc. Suppl. (June 6, 1896) ; w.Yks.3 Au wonder haa he
could hank wi' sich folk. Som. There was one Abraham Urch,
and William did use to hanky wi' he (W.F.R.). Dev. If anything
good in my heart had a place I could hank it wi' thee and thy
workin's could trace, PULMAN Sketches ,1842) 71, ed. 1871.
17. Wrestling term : see below.
Cum. (H.W.) ; Cum.4 When wrestling the left leg is put forward
and between the legs of the opponent, thus catching his right.
At the same time the body is thrown back, and the opponent
turns under. This is considered to be a beaten man's ' chip,' and
not a good one, and to avoid it the ' click ' or ' back-heel ' is
employed. My informant ' liked weel to be hankt, he has sic
a lang leg, and generally fellt them 'at triet it.' 'J — was hanked,
S- — trying the inside click.'
18. To catch or hang anything on to a hook.
Edb. Her coats upon a lang nail hanket, Tint Quey (1796) 20.
Wm. Hank t'kettle on t'creuk (B.K.). w.Yks.2 Two bow-legged
knife-grinders met on a footpath. One of them said to the other,
' Nah, moind, owd lad, or we shall hank.' He meant that his leg
might, unless he took care, be hooked or fastened to his friend's
leg. Lan. His foot hankt in a three-legged stool, Takin' tK New
Year in (1888) 14. m.Lan.1 To honk yo'r cooat sleeve on a nail.
s.Lan. Honk it on, BAMFORD Dial. (1854). Not.1
19. To long for, desire earnestly. Cf. hanker, v. 5.
Cum. (W. K.), Chs.3 Lin. In agro Line, usurpatur pro inclina-
tione et propensione animi, SKINNER (1671). w.Som.1 He do
hank arter her sure-lie !
[1. As he [Laocoon] etlis thair hankis to have rent,
DOUGLAS Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, n. 80. ON. honk (gen.
hankar), a hank, coil, skein (VIGFUSSON). 11. Da. hank,
handle of a basket, ear of a pot. 13. Thair navy can thai
ankir fast and hank, DOUGLAS Eneados, in. 88.]
HANK, sb.2 Sc. Also in form haank, haanks Sh.I.
1. The leeside of a boat.
Sh.I. I see da black lump o' da boat noo. Shu's juist baerin'
apo' wir haank yonder, Sh. News (Feb. 4, 1899) ; He laid da peerie
taft across da haanks o" da fowereen, an' set him [it] up, ib.
(June 3, 1899) ; ' Takkin' her up in hank,' pulling strongly on
the leeside to lie nearer the line (J.I.).
2. Comp. Hank-oarsman, the rower who sits near the
helmsman. Bnff.1
HANKER, v. and sb.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Der. War. Won Oxf. Brks. Ess. Dor. Also in form
pnkerse.Wor.1 [h)a-nka(r, »-rjk3(r).] 1. v. To entangle
in, become fastened on.
Cum.4 When a rope is dragged along the ground, it may be
hankered round a stone or stake. If a girl was taking linen off
the hedge where it had been put to dry and it got fixed to the
thorns she would say it was hankered.
2. Phr. hanker the heel, wrestling term : to trip up one's
antagonist by planting one's foot behind his. Cum.4 See
Back-heel.
3. To loiter, linger about ; to dally, tarry, stop.
Sc. Bonny, bonny stanes come pirlin' [moving], And hanker juist
when they reach the tee, R. Caled. Curling Club Ann. (1887-88)
377. Lnk. Ye needna hanker on the road, WRIGHT Life (1897)
82. Ayr. We know they would not stay nor hanker Till it was
quite overthrown, LAING Poems (1894) 46. Edb. He sees her aft,
an' winna bide away, But hankers i' my house the H'e-lang day,
LEARMONT Poems (1791) 296. Wm. A hankert aboot an dud, an
eftre a bit whaa sud a see bet Tommy his varra sell, Spec. Dial.
(1865) 17. w.Yks. I hanker abaght t'public hoose, Leeds Herald
(Jan. 1862). Lan. THORNBEK Hist. Blackpool (1837) 108. Oxf.
(G.O.) Brks. I used to hanker round the kitchen, or still room,
HUGHES Scour. White Horse (1858) viii.
4. To hesitate, ponder, esp. to hesitate in speaking.
Rnf. Willie hankered awee this morning, I think, but there is
nae wonner, for he got unco near the throne whiles, GILMOUR
Pen Flk. (1873) 46. Ayr. He hums and he hankers, BURNS What
can a Young Lassie do, St. 2 ; Ne'er hanker lang, when tempted
sair, WHITE Jottings (1879) 148. Lnk. Ilka day she hankered
owre't, It bothered her the mair, ORR Laigli Flichts (1882) 35.
Nhb. He kinda hankert i'the middle o'hees speech (R.O.H.); Nhb.1
5. To desire, covet, long for. Also with after.
e.Sc. Her heart hankers after the pots, SETOUN Sunshine (1895)
276. Cum. Auld Skiddaw lang hed hanker't sair Itsel to be t'Fell
king, RICHARDSON Talk (1876) 2nd S. 13 ; Thoo knows it's thee he
hankersel'ter, GWORDIEG-REENUP YanceaYear(i8i3)6; Cum.4 Yks.
(J. W.) Lan. Ye won't hanker after a fire again, GASKELL M. Barton
(i848)v. Chs.1 Der. Art tha hankerin after a trade ? WARS David
Grieve 1^1892) I. iv. War. There's many another man 'ud hanker
more than he does, GEO. ELIOT 5. Marner (1861) 133. se.Wor.1
Nrf. John is a kind a' hankering arter Mary (W.W.S.).
Hence (i) Hankering, (a) sb. a strong desire, a longing;
(b) ppl. adj. longing, desirous ; (2) Hankersome, adj.
uneasy, discontented, envious.
(i, a) Sc. Hankering and hinging on is a poor trade, RAMSAY
Prov. (1737). Cum.1 He still hez a hankeran' for her. Yks. (J.W.)
Chs.1 An yo getten a sope o' red port wine as yo'd give my
mother; oo's been ta'en bad in her bowels, and oo has sitch a
hankerin for a sope o' red port wine. Brks. Gl. (1852) ; Brks.1
Ess. Gathers had A hank'rin' arter Mary, CLARK /. Noakes (1839)
st. 29. (b) Dor. In a hankering tone, HARDY Trumpet-Major
(1880) iii. (2) Wm. Yan mae be hankersem an bad anuff, Spec.
Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 7.
6. sb. Phr. there's the hanker, there's the rub. Cum.4
7. Inclination, longing, desire.
Lan. There's hanker i' every condition, HARLAND Lyrics (1866)
296. Dor. She has not shown a genuine hanker for anybody yet,
HARDY Laodicean (ed. 1896) bk. iii. 273.
8. Hesitation, doubt, regret.
Rnf. As one who laughs at social wit, And laughs without a
hanker, McGiLVi<AY Poems (ed. 1862) 23.
HANKER, sb.2 Yks. An open clasp or buckle. See
Anchor, sb. e.Yks. Still in use, though not usual (R.S.). m.Yks.1
[Cp. ON. hanki, the hoop or clasp of a chest.]
HANKIE, sb. Dmf. QAM.) A bucket narrower at the
top than the bottom, with an iron handle, used in carrying
water.
HANKLE, v. and sb.1 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Lan. Lin. Also written hanckle n.Cy. Dur.1; and in
forms ankel n.Yks. ; ankle e.Yks.1 w.Yks. ; enkle w.Yks.;
hangall Rnf. ; henkl S. & Ork.1 ; henkle n.Yks.4 w.Yks.5
[h)a-nkl, h)e'nkl.] 1. v. To entangle, twist together.
Also usedy/g-.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.14 Wm. His booat in
her crin'lin' did hankie, BLEZARD Sngs. (1868) 17. n.Yks. He gat
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hankled amang t'briers (I.W. ) ; n-Yks.1 ; n.Yks.4 Ah've gitten t'kite
sadly hankled. ne.Yks.1 It's a dree job ; they're all seea hankled
tigither. e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. WILLAN List Wds. (1811);
(R.H.H.); w.Yks.1; w.Yks.8 'Luke what that barn's done !— goan
an' lowsed t'skein ofTo' t'chairs an' henkled it awal on a heap ! '
'Hankled' is very rarely heard; it is always 'henkled.' Lan. You
may get hankled among the bushes, BRIGGS Remains (1825) 48 ;
Lan.1 n,Lan. (C.W.D.); Fishing-nets are said to be ankled when
they have become twisted together (W.H.H.1 ; n.Lan.1 n.Lin.
All his munny as he should ha' gotten's hankled up wi' th" farm,
PEACOCK Tales (1890) and S. 50; n.Lin.1
Hence Hankled, ppl. adj. twisted, entangled. Nhb.1,
m.Yks.1
2. Fig. To entangle in some pursuit or proceeding ; to
associate with, be connected with ; to inveigle, entice,
decoy. Gen. with in or on.
Rnf. We are so far involved and hangalled . . . that I am at
a loss what to wish were done, WODROW Corresp. (ed. 1842) I. 343.
s.Dur. ' He's gitten hankled in.' An expression often used in
connexion with courtship, where the connexion is not considered
desirable (J.E.D.X Wm. He gat hankled on wi' a lot at niwer
did neea dow an' niwer will (B. K.); Thae trie o mannars a waes
to tice fooak an git em hankalt in ta treeat em, Spec. Dial. (1885)
pt. iii. 26. n.Yks. He hankled on wiv a woman (I.W.) ; Him as
hankled him on! ATKINSON Lost( 1870) xxvi; n.Yks. 'Theyhankled
him on intiv t'matter ; n.Yks.2 ' They hankled him on,' drew him
in to be one of their set ; n.Yks.4 Ah weean't be hankled on wi'
neea sike leyke carryings on. ne.Yks.1 Ah is vexed at oor Tom's
gitten hankled in wi sike a rafflin lot. e.Yks.1 Ah's varry sorry
she's getten hankled wi sike a slither-pooak as him. w.Yks. He's
getten ankledon wi' alow lotfS.K. C.) ; Iftha gets henkled on with that
low lot, thall soon loss both credit and character (M.N.). aLin.1
He's a honest chap his sen, bud he's gotten hankled inwi'a straange
lot o' rogues. sw.Lin.1 He has got so hankled amongst them.
Hence Hankled, pp., fig. habituated, accustomed to.
n.Yks.2
8. To wind up a fishing-line, rope, &c., into a coil ; to
'work ' in hemp.
Sc. To fasten by tight tying (JAM.) ; Wha hankie the hemp sae
fine, WADDELL Isaiah (1879) xix. 9. Sh.I. I hankl'd up Staarna's
teddir an' hang him [it] ower da kneebi o' da klibber, Sh. News
(Aug. 13, 1898) ; Shu hankl'd aff a lock o' wirsit aff o' a clue at wis
lyin' in her lap, ib. (July 23) ; S. & Ork.1
4. To greatly desire ; to ' hanker ' after. n.Yks.4
Hence Hankling, (i) vbl. sb. a hankering, craving after ;
(2) ppl. adj. desirous of, having a craving or desire for.
(i) Cum.1 n.Yks.4 Ah awlus bed a hankling foor Tom's meer.
Neea, wa didn't bargain, bud Ah've a gert hankling foor't. e.Yks.1
(a) n.Yks.2
6. To loiter, linger, wait about. Cf. hanker, v. 3.
Lan. So tha'st no cageon ston' hanklin' theere, HARLAND Lyrics
(1866) 137 ; A young man seeking the favour of a young woman
with whom he is in love, goes hanklin about her house on all pos-
sible occasions (S.W. \
6. sb. A tangle, twist.
Lakel.2 A hank o' wusset '11 o' gang intul a hankie when ye're
windin' it. Wm. Hod on ! Thoos garn ta hev mi threed o in a
hankie (B.K.).
HANKLE, s6.2 Cai.1 The ancle.
[Hec cavilla, a hankyl, Pict. Voc. (c. 1475) in Wright's
Voc. (1884) 751. Cp. the obs. Sc. hanckleth, an ancle.
Thair cotes war syd evin to the hanckleth, DALRYMPLE
Leslie's Hist. Scoll. (1596) I. 94. See AnclifF.]
HANKLE, see Hancle.
HANKTELO, sb. Obs. s.Cv. Slang. [Not known to
our correspondents.] A silly fellow. (HALL.)
[Hanktelo, a silly fellow, a meer codshead, B. E. Diet.
Cant. Crew (1690) (FARMER).]
HANKY-PANKY, sb. and v. Yks. Lan. Stf. Lin. Hrf.
Som. Slang. Also in forms anky-pranky Stf.2 ; henky-
penky Lan.1 1. sb. Trickery, underhand dealing, shuff-
ling. Also used altrib.
w.Yks. An if aw catch him playin onny hanky panky tricks wi'
me aw'll repooart him, HARTLEY Seels Yks. and Lan. (1895) iii ;
w.Yks.2 He's full of his hanky-panky tricks! Lan.1 Now mi lad —
none o' thi henky-penky here ; stand up fair. Stf.2 Let's 'ave
none o' yer anky-prankies here. Th' lad's good at th' bottom, but
'e's such a anky-pranky sort of a chap. s.Stf. If you try to come
any hanky panky dodge with me, MURRAY Rainbow Gold (1886)
362. n.Lin.1 Noo goa strlght, lets hev noa hanky-panky-wark this
time. Hrf.2 None of your hanky-panky. w.Som.1 I told'n he was
a vrong directed wi me ; I zeed droohis hanky-panky in a minute.
Slang. Hanky-panky, legerdemain, whence trickery, any manner
of double-dealing or intrigue, FARMER.
2. v. To humbug, cheat, trick ; to be up to tricks.
Stf.2 I gien th' lad sack at last, fur 'e was anky-prankying a'
the dee thro.
Hence Hanky-pankying, vbl.sb. humbugging, cheating,
tricking.
Lan. No hanky-pankyin' wi'out belungin' to us, BRIERLEY Irk-
dale (1868) 71.
HANNEL, sb. Lim. A blow given to the head of one
pegging-top by the spike of another. SIMMONS Gl. (1890).
HANNEL, HANNI(E, see Handle, Handy, sb.12
HANNIEL, sb. and v. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written haniel Sc. UAM.) Slk. Nhb. ; hanyel Sc.
(JAM.) ; hanziel Bch. ; and in forms haanyal Cai.1 ;
hunniel n.Cy. w.Yks. ne.Lan.1; hynail Edb. [h)a-nial,
h)a'njl.] 1. sb. A greedy dog ; a covetous, greedy person.
Slk. (JAM.) n.Cy. GROSE (1790). w.Yks. HUTTON Tour to
Caves (1781). ne.Lan.1
2. A long, hungry-looking fellow.
Cum. Thoo hofe-starv't leuckan hanniel thoo, SARGISSON Joe
Scoap (1881 ; 209 ; We'd hay-cruiks, and hen-tails, and hanniels,
ANDERSON Ballads (1805) 170, ed. 1808; Shem o' them! thur
peer country hanniels, That slink into Carcl to feeght, ib. 47, ed.
1840; Cum.1
3. A lout ; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow ; a
worthless, mischievous person ; a gen. term of abuse.
Cal.1 Edb. Tarn Pucker's sic anither hynail ; And vends about
diurnal scandal, LEARMONT Poems (.1791 ) 66. Slk. Sae little kend
the haniel about fencing that ... he held up his sword-arm to
save his head, HOGG Talcs vi8s8) 7, ed. 1866. Rxb. A lazy haniel
(JAM.). n.Cy. (J.L.) (1783). Nhb. Ah'll tie yer legs ye haniel, ye,
if ye diven't larn to behave, CLARE Rise of River (1897) 51 ; ' Ye
greet hanniel, ye, what are ye dein' here?' Spoken to a lazy
idler ^R.O.H.); Nhb.' Cum.4 A waggish man, to be looked down
on, but with deference. A girt lang hanniel. Wm. (J.H.1!
4. Comb. Haniel slyp, an uncouthly-dressed person ;
an ugly fellow.
Bch. (JAM. i ; In came sik a rangel o' gentles an' a licthry o"
hanziel slyps at their tail, FORBES Jrn. (1742) 17.
5. v. To have a jaded appearance from extreme fatigue.
Lnk. To gang hanycllin, to walk with the appearance of sloven-
liness and fatigue ^JAM.).
HANNIER, sb. Obs. Yks. A cross, teasing person.
w.Yks. WATSON Hist. Hlfx. (1775) 539; Leeds Merc. Suppl.
(Mar. i, 1884) 8; w.Yks.4
HANNIES, sb. pi. Sc. Oatcakes.
Edb. May ye'r board be ay weel sair'd Wi' Adie hannies,
FORBES Poems (1812, 88 ; ' Oat-cakes,' called so from a baker of
that name in Dalkeith, famed for baking them, ib. note.
HANNIWING, sb. Sc. A term of contempt.
Frf. But ha! ye hanniwings, look there! SANDS Poems (1833) 88.
HANNY, v. Lan. ? Obs. To dispute, argue.
He couldn't allow us to stond hannyin theere, un obstructin th'
passage, STATON B. Shu/tie, 70 ; A friend writes that ' hannying
and yinny ing 'formerly meant 'barring and jarring' in an alehouse
in argument or dispute, but it is not known to me vS.W.).
HANOVER, sb. Lin. Suf. Used in exclamations or
mild oaths ; see below. Cf. Halifax, Hull, &c.
s.Lin. • Go to Hanover.' ' What the Hanover do I care about
it ' (T.H.R.1). e. Suf. ' Go to Hanover and hoe turnips.' Said to
date from the time of the Georges, who were very unpopular in
the east, if not elsewhere. Still in popular use (F. H.).
HANS, sb. Obs. Sc. Yks. Cant. In phr. Hans in
Kelder, an unborn child ; a toast formerly drunk to the
health of the expected infant.
Per. Syne pauky Steen drank to the bride, Come, lass, your
hans on kelder, NICOL Poems (1766) 49. n.Yks. An old lady, long
dead, whose childhood was passed in Whitby, told me that she
remembered at dessert sometimes this toast being drunk. . . She
found from Yorkshire friends that it was a custom to gather a knot
of very intimate friends together, for a take-leave party, at a house
where hospitalities would necessarily be suspended till the chris
tening day, N. &-> Q. (1868) 4th S. i. 181 ; n.Yks.2 Cant. Hans-
ein-kelder, Jack in the box, the child in the womb, or a health to
it, B.E. Diet. Cant. Crew ,1690) (FARMER).
HANSE
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HAP
[Du. Hans in Kelder, lit. Jack in cellar, an unborn
child; cp. the Swabian toast, Hanschen im Keller soil leben,
' dies sagt man bei dem Gesundheit-trinken auf feine
schwangere Frau ' (BIRLINGER) ; EFris. hansken in de
keller (KOOLMAN) ; Bremen dial, hansken im keller (JVtb.).]
HANSE, HANSEL(L, see Hance, Handsel.
HANSEL, sb. Hmp. [ae'nsl.] The handle of a flail.
An implement consisting of two sticks loosely joined together ;
one, the hansel, held in the hand, and the other joined to it, the
zwingel, descending with a dull thud upon the wheat-ears, GRAY
Heart of Storm (1891) II. 175.
HANSER, HANT, see Heronsew, Haunt.
HANTERIN,s6. Sc. Written hantrin e.Lth. A moment,
short space of time. Also used attrib. See Aunterin.
Cai.1 I'll be at yer han' in a hanterin. Boid [wait] ye a hanterin.
e.Lth. A' ither airts— south, north, or wast— At hantrin times grow
dull an' dour, MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes (1885) 92.
HANTIC(K, see Antic.
HANTINGS, sb. pi. n.Cy. (HALL.) Dev.1 The handles
which fix on to the snead of a scythe.
HANTLE, sb. Sc. Irel. and n. counties to War. Wor.
Shr. Also written hantel Sc. Cum.4 ; and in forms antel
n.Stf. ; antle n.Lin.1; handtle Chs.23 ; hontle w.Yks.2
Lan.1 Chs.1 s.Stf. nw.Der.1; ontle se.Wor.1 [h)a'ntl, o'ntl.]
1. A handful.
Cum.4, Lakel.2 n.Yks. A hantle o' morr is mah weel beluwed
unto me, ROBINSON Whitby Sng. Sol. (1860) i. 13. w.Yks.2 Lan. A
hontle o' wot corks feel intot, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (1740) 25 ;
Lan.1, Chs.123 s.Chs.1 Dhi sen ey mai'z u aan'tl u miin-i evri
fae-r-dee [They sen hey mays a hantle o' money every fair-dee].
n.Stf. (A.P.) s.Stf. Gie us a hontle o parsley, PINNOCK Blk. Cy.
Ann. (1895). Der.2, nw-Der.1, Lei.1 Nhp.1 It is customary to say,
' a good hantle,' whenever the quantity exceeds a common hand-
full ; Nhp.2, War.3, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 I'll scaud a 'antle o' 'ops an'
bind it to the mar's leg — it'll bring the swellin' down.
2. Fig. A tussle, hand to hand fight ; a scuffle ; as much
as one can manage.
s.Stf. Yo'n find yo'n got a hontle wi'him when he's growed up,
PINNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der. You'd a sore hantle wi' him
bytimes an all tales be true, VERNEY Stone Edge (1868) xviii. Lei.1
' Ah cain't tell ye what a hantle ah hed wi' him : ' said a woman
of a violent old man, disordered in mind. Nhp.2, War.3
3. A large quantity or amount ; a great deal. Freq.
used in //. Also used attrib.
Sc. Ye'll be a hantle better by it, STEVENSON Catriona (1893)
xiv; There's a hantle bogles about it, SCOTT Guy M. (1815) i. Sh.I.
A bed, ta luek daecent, needs a hantle o' attention, CLARK Gleams
(1898) 19. Bnff. Hantels o' folk dinna get that, GORDON Chron.
Keith (1880) 321. ne.Sc. He didna wee! understand hantles o'
oor words, GRANT Keckleton, 97. e.Sc. Man, ye're a hantle waur
yoursel', SETOUN Sunshine (1895) 226. Bch. He makes a hantle
rout an' din, But brings but little woo', FORBES Ulysses (1785) 35.
nw.Abd. A hantle widna min' the leyk o' his [us], Goodwife (1867)
St. 43. Kcd. Forks an' futtles were to hantles Leems nae handlet
ilka day, GRANT Lays (1884) 72. Frf. I would a hantle rather
waur my money on Elspeth, BARRIE Tommy (1896) 223. Per.
That says a hantle About a licht heart in a sorrow-proof mantle,
STEWART Character (1857) 71. Fif. I'm gaun back to't a hantle
sicht puirer than I left it, MELDRUM Margredcl (1894) 231. e.Fif.
She had a mind o' her aiu aboot a hantle o' things, LATTO Tarn
Bodkin (1864) viii. Dmb. If I hadna better reasons a hantle to
gar me steer my feathers, CROSS Disruption (1844) ii. Ayr. A
hantle o' ither courtly glammer that's no worth a repetition, GALT
Provost (1822) vii; (J.M.) Lnk. Hantles wha tipple do miscarry,
WATT Poems (1827) 51. e.Lth. We'll be a hantle better off nor
them, HUNTER /. Inwick (1895) 172. Edb. A hantle graces roun'
her lip Sat sweet as dew on lily's dreep, LEARMONT Poems (1791)
27. Slk. A hantle better nor onything ye'll say the nicht, CHR.
NORTH Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 35. Rxb. Mischanters I hae met a
hantle, A. SCOTT Poems (ed. 1808) 46. Gall. Possest wi' a hantle
o' jaw, LAUDERDALE Poems (1796) 74. Kcb. I've a weel-stockit
hame o' my ain, Wi' horses an' kye, an' a hantle o' siller, ARM-
STRONG Ingleside (1890) 150. Ir. The hantle of money them
dhrainin' works come to is untould, BARLOW Kerrigan (1894) 113.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. Aa've getten a hantle o' caud. Fishermen's creels
are aye a hantle bigger wi' thinkin o' them (R.O.H.); Nhb.1
Cnm. Still ha'e a hantel left yet, ANDERSON Ballads (1805) 94, ed.
1815; Cum.3 A hantle o' ye hae turn't oot to be deuks, 181 ;
Cum.4 n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 A hantle o' money. m.Yks.1
VOL. III.
Hence Antling, sb. with neg. not any amount (of know-
ledge), no inkling.
Lin. Rare (E.P.). n.Lin.1 I ha'nt noa antlin' wheare he is noo,
bud he did tell me his wife ewsed him that bad he should slot off
to "Merikay.
[1. Hand '+ -tie (suff.) ; this is a common suff. in the
Chs. and Shr. dials. ; cp. apperntle. It is prob. an equiv.
of-ful; see s.Chs.1 (gram. 57) and Shr.1 (gram, xliii).]
HANTRIN, see Hanterin.
HANTS, adj. Wil. Used in comb, with sheep and
horses ; see below.
They were called with them hants sheep ; they were a sort
of sheep that never shelled their teeth, but always had their lambs-
teeth without shedding them, and thrusting out two broader in
their room every year. . . There were such a sort of horses called
hants horses, that always shewed themselves to be six years old,
LISLE Husbandry (1757) 360, 361 ; Wil.1
HANTY, «rf/. Obs. Sc. Also in form haunty Abd.
1. Convenient, handy.
Abd. SHIRREFS Poems (1890) Gl. Rnf. Thou wast the hantiest
biel, in truth, That e'er I saw, PICKEN Poems (1788) 180 (JAM.).
Lnk. RAMSAY Gentle Shep. (1725) Gl., Scenary ed.
2. Not troublesome, often applied to a beast.
Sc. (JAM.) Rnf. ' Hanty,' manageable with ease, PICKEN Poems
(1788) Gl.
3. Handsome.
Sc. Lizie they think far mair hanty, GALLOWAY Poems (1788)
214 (JAM.). Abd. SHIRREFS Poems (1890) Gl. Lnk. RAMSAY Gentle
Shep. (1725) Gl., Scenary ed.
HANVAYGE, v. Sh.I. To look or wait about for.
We hanvayged aboot fir maistlins an ooer, bit never saw da bow
again, SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) 248.
HANYADU, int. Sh.I. A call to a bird to come and
pick up food thrown to it from a boat. S. & Ork.1
HANYEL, HAOLEGHEY, see Hanniel, Holghe.
HAP, v.1, sb.1 and adv. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. [h)ap, asp.] 1. v. To happen, chance, befall.
Abd. May sic like hap to Uncle Tarn, ANDERSON Rhymes (1867)
62. Frf. Wyle well for gin ye hap to rue, What can be worse ?
MORISON Poems (1790) 81. Fif. If unaware you hap to lose your
body's well-adjusted poise, TENNANT Anster (1812) 71, cd. 1871.
Rnf. Hap what micht, 'Twad aiblins mak' a fen', YOUNG Pictures
(1865) 10. Ayr. Erch lest the gentle fouk should hap To hear or
see, FISHER Poems (1790) 68. Lnk. They . . . spak'o' deaths that
late had been, An' some wad maybe hap bedeen, MURDOCH Doric
Lyre (1873) 9. Edb. How haps it, say, that mealy bakers . . .
Shou'd a" get leave? FERGUSSON Poems (1773) 174, ed. 1785.
Nhb.1 Aa'll be there o' Monday as it haps. n.Yks.1 Hap what hap
may; n.Yks.4 If nowt s'u'd hap ti stop ma, Ah s' cum. e.Yks.1
Happen, pp. of to hap. n.Lin.1 If it haps to raain I shan't goa.
Ken. How haps you don't know ? (G.B.) ; Ken.1 Soin. Not knowing
anything at all o' what had happed, RAYMOND Men o' Mendip
(1898) vii. w.Som.1 Cor. It canna be ondone what ha' happ'd,
BARING-GOULD Curgenven (1893) xxi.
2. With on or upon : to come upon by chance, light on ;
to meet with.
e.Yks. Black Morris . . . managed to hap on Lucy Blyth, WRAY
Nestleton (1876) 54. Chs.1 If yo're goin to th' fair may be yo'n
hap on our Jim, for he's gone an hour sin. Sur. ./V. & Q. (1874)
5th S. i. 517 ; Sur.1 Maybe you'll hap upon him in the wood.
w.Som.1 By good luck I hap 'pon the very man. Very common.
Cor. I happed once on a manuscript account book of a white witch
or charmer, QuiLLER-CoucH Hist. Polperro (1871) 148.
3. sb. Chance, fortune, fate ; luck ; esp. in phr. by) good,
great, &°c., hap, by good luck.
Sc. Better hap at court than good service, RAMSAY Prov. ( 1 737) ;
Hanging gangs by hap, FERGUSON Prov. (1641) 14. Per. I wish
naething but good betide, Or be your hap, NicoLPo^ms(i766)5g.
Fif. Guid hap, their dinner then was laid Upon the tables lang and
braid, Wi' damask napery owrspread, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 99.
Gall. Yet it was far out of my hap to help it, CROCKETT Moss-Hags
(1895) xvii. Wxf.1 n.Yks.1 In Clevel. the word is usually
qualified, as in ' ill hap,' ' strange hap ' ; but we also say ' by what
hap,' or the like ; n.Yks.2 Lan. DA\iEsRaces( 1856) 233. ne.Lan.1
Sur. Apropos of the happy stoppage of the fire on a common, a
woman said, 'You know, Sir, luck is God's hap,' N. d^ Q. (1880)
6th S. i. 239. w.Som.1 By good hap we jis meet'n eens he was a
comin out. n.Dev. And nif by gurt hap tha dest zey mun at oil,
Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 267.
HAP
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HAP
4. An event, occurrence, esp. an ill event, a misfortune,
accident. Also in form hapnient
Lnk. Belyve the lang-legged Tailor chap Cam" canny back to
learn the hap, MURDOCH Doric Lyre (1873) 30. m.Yks.1 Hapment.
n.Lin.' A sore hap. [But mark the hap ! a cow came by And up
the thistle eat, HALUWELL Rhymes (1842) 47, ed. 1886.]
6. Comp. (i) Hap-luck, chance, gen. used advb. hap-
hazard, without premeditation ; (2) -stumble, a chance
stumble.
(i) Nhp.1; Nhp.2 He did it hap-luck. (2) Sc. Such hap-stumble
as this into pure nonsense, PITCAIRN Assembly (1766) v.
6. adv. Perhaps, perchance. Cf. haps.
Lan. DAVIES Races (1856) 233. Ess. (S.P.H.), Ken. (W.F.S.)
Snr. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 517 ; Sur.i, Sus. (S.P.H.), Sns.1
HAP, v* and sb.x In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. and n.
counties to Der. Not. Lin. ; also Nhp. e.An. Also written
happ Wm. w.Yks.4; happe N.Cy.2; and in forms ap
n.Yks. Lin.1 sw.Lin.1; haup Rxb. ; heap Lin. [h)ap.]
L v. To cover, enwrap ; to envelop, surround ; also with
up, in.
Per. The snawso' time May hap your forehead high, HALIBURTON
Ochil Idylls (1891) 127. Lnk. The mists that had happit the nicht
Row'd up frae the glens, HAMILTON Poems (1865) 23. Slk. She
lay her lane All happed with flowers, HOGG Poems (ed. 1865) 35.
Dmf. Wi' some sweet lass beside ye, when the gloamin' haps the
glen, REID Poems (1894) 6. Cum. T'poor sheep In t'snowdrifts
war hapt up, RICHARDSON Talk (1871) 131, ed. 1876. Wm. Sno'
that haps the frozen poles, WHITEHEAD Leg. (1859) 8. n.Yks.2
All white and happ'd up; snowed over. w.Yks. (J.W.) n-Lin.1
It was hapt 'e a peSce o' broon paaper.
2. To cover up for the sake of warmth ; to wrap ; to
tuck up in bed ; also with down, in, up.
Sc. I took my cloak to her and sought to hap her in the same,
STEVENSON Catriona (1893) xxiii. Sh.I. Her dimity coat, an' her
pepper an' saut mantle, wid hap ye weel, STEWART Tales (1892)
33. ne.Sc. Littlens wull tak' caulds, herd an' hap them hoo ye
like, GRANT Keckleton, 95. Cai.1 Bnff. His head an' hands he
mamma hap. For fear a beagle should him slap, TAYLOR Poems
(1787) 35. Bch. I hae . . . gloves likewise, to hap the hand Of
fremt an' sib, FORBES Shop Bill (1785) 13. Abd. Hap it weel wi'
strae an' keep awa' the caul (W. M.). Kcd. His ridin' coat Happin'
half the buckskin breeches, GRANT Lays (1884) 81. Frf. Watch
ower your little sister by day and hap her by night, BARRIE Tommy
(1896) 117. Per. Mistress Hoo 'ill hap ye round, for we maunna
let ye come tae ony ill the first day ye'r oot, IAN MACLAREN Brier
Bush (1895) 167. Fif. Hose an' shoon, an' sarks an' coats To hap,
an' keep them hale, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 41. s.Sc. Hap her
white breast wi' my little wee wing, WATSON Bards (1859) 13.
Rnf. His head aneath the claes he haps, PICKEN Poems (1813) I.
120. Ayr. The worthy man happing us with his plaid, we soon
fell asleep, GALT Gilhaize (1823) xxvi. Lnk. Nae lordly ermine
his shouthers may hap, LEMON St. Mungo (1844) 82. Edb. Our
wife handed us out a pair of blankets to hap round me, MOIR
Mansie Wauch (1828) xiii. Rxb. While ae auld blanket Can hap
us baith, RUICKBIE Wayside Cottager (1807) 175. Dmf. Here's a
dud to hap its head, CROMEK Remains (1810) 30. Gall. Then we
happed him up, CROCKETT Moss-Hags (1895) vii. Wgt. A happit
up the prawtas wi' strae, FRASER Wigtown (1877) 364. N.I.
(M.B.-S.); W. (f Q. (1873) 4th S. vii. 480; N.I.1 Vis. Uls. Jrn.
Arch. (1658) VI. 361. s.Don. SIMMONS Gl. (1890). n.Cy. GROSE
(1790) ; N.Cy.12 Nhb. There ! Thoo's wee! happed up, and reel
too, it's vara caud, CLARE LoveofLass (1890) II. 127. Dnr. It will
be very cold, mind hapy'rself up well (A.B.) ; Dur.1 s.Dtir. Mind
ye hap him in well (J.E. D.). Cum. She happ'd her up, Aw wished
her weel, ANDERSON Ballads (ed. 1808) 14 ; Cnm.1 She hap't o'
t'barns at bed time. Wm. (C.W.D.) ; Thick leather jerkins hap'd
their sides, WHITEHEAD Lyvennet( 1859) 4. s.Wm. (J.A.B.) n.Yks.
They pulled some more ling to hap themselves withal, ATKINSON
Maori. Parish (1891) 381 ; n.Yks.128; n.Yks.4 Nooyamun hap up
well. It's a cau'd neet. ne.Yks.1 Thoo mun hap thysen weel ;
it's varry cau'd. e.Yks.i, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. (F.M.L.) ; His mother
happed him up i' two blankets (S.P.U.); w.Yks.1234; w.Yks.5
Am weel hap'd up, ah sal tak no harm a' t'outside, whatiwer ah
chonce in. Lan. (S.W.) ; The old fellow stopped now and then to
hap her up and see if she wanted anything, WAUGH Chim. Corner
(1874) 80, ed. 1879 ; Lan.1, nXan.1, ne.Lan.1 Chs.1 Put him to bed,
and put plenty of hillin on him, an hap him up warm. Der.1,
nw.Der.1 Not It's very cold, but she's well happed up (L.C.M.) ;
(J.H.B.) sJlot. Hap the child up well from the co'd (J.P.K.).
Lin. Hap him up wi' does (J.C.W.) ; They're all happed up warm
in their roons, FENN Dick o' the Fens (1888) iii. n.Lin. 'At's
obligated to hap itsen doon as soon as coud weather sets in,
PEACOCK Taales (1890) 2nd S. 59 ; n-Lln.1 s.Lin. She's happing
the young chickens up as carefully as she would her own babby
(T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1 Nhp. His universal care Who hapt thee down,
CLARE Village Minst. (1821) II. 206; Nhp.1 Only adopted in the
Northern part of the county. e.An.1 Nrf. HOLLOWAY.
Hence (i) Happed or Happit, ppl. adj. covered, wrapt
up, furnished with wrappings or clothes ; if) Happing,
so. a covering, wrapping, a coverlet ; pi. clothes, esp. bed-
clothes ; (3) Happing-kist, sb. a linen-chest ; (4) -sheets,
sb. pi. bed-coverings.
(i) Sc. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (C.) Abd. Scantily happet, Bell
Skene wi' her twa bairnies lay, ANDERSON Rhymes (1867) 143.
Frf. His backie ill happit, an's feetie ill shod, WATT Poet. Sketches
(1880) 15. Per. A wee auld man, warm-happit in a cloak, STEWART
Character (1857) 181. Lnk. Beds weel happit, sheets like snaw,
NICHOLSON Kilwuddie (ed. 1895) 87. Dmf. Bonny wee bairns, a'
weel happ'd and fu', SHENNAN Tales (1831) 155. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B.) w.Yks. Weel hapt up abaht t'neck, BANKS Wkfld.
Wds. (1865). (2) Sc. And ye'll mak' a bed o' green rashes, Likewise
a happing of gray, AYTOUN Ballads (ed. 1861) I. 282. e.Sc. On a
sharp frosty morning . . . thatch roofs have a look of cosiness and
warmth, hanging over the houses like a thick winter happing
fringed at the eaves, SETOUN R. Urquhart (1896) ii. Rnf. An' cozie
the happin o' the farmer's bed, THOM Rhymes (1844) 72. Ayr.
My gray plaid, my cauld winter's warm happin', BOSWELL Poet.
Whs. (1801) 21, ed. 1871. Edb. Throwing awa siller on your
nick-nack feckless happins, BALLANTINE Gaberlunzie (ed. 1875) 23.
Gall. A twig o' hazel's a' her happin', To hatch her young,
NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (1814) 96, ed. 1897. N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dnr.1,
s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Cum. T'fella at pool t'happin off, SARGISSON Joe
Scoap (18811 155 ; A happin tied on t'topon't, Willy Wattle (1870)
3 ; Cum.1 Wm. Three par a blankets an twoa happins, WHEELER
Dial. (1790)62; (A.C.) s.Wm.(J.A.B.),n.Yks.124 ne.Yks.1 A'e
ya happins eneeaf? e.Yks. Bed appin (Miss A.) ; e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1
Bed-happing. w.Yks. We've na happin on t'bed (J.T.F.) ; (J.T.) ;
w.Yks.1 ; w.Yks.5 Ah've nivver hed haaf happing eniff this winter.
ne.Lan.1 s.Not. It's co'd abed now for them as 'asn't plenty o'
happins (J.P.K.). Lin. BROOKES Tracts Gl. ; Lin.1 The nights
being cold we require more appin. nXin.1 I've knawn farm
hooses, a many, wheare sarvant chaps hed niver enif happin' o'
the'r beds. s.Lin. See that he's plenty happing ower him : it's
frelzin' co'd (T.H.R.). Nhp.1, e.An.1 (3) n.Yks.2 A large chest
for linen, seen hereabouts in old family houses. Some are
pannelled and carved ; and in raised figures bear dates within the
i7th century. (4) ib.
3. To clothe, dress ; also with up.
Frf. She was naturally a bonny bit kimmer rather than happit
up to the nines, BARRIE Minister (1891) vi. Per. I'll hap ye an'
fend ye, an' busk ye, an' tend ye, FORD Harp (1893) 164. Fif. I
sail hae you happit well, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 84. Lnk. Lasses
a' weel hapt wi' druggit, NICHOLSON Kilwuddie (ed. 1895) 26.
Rxb. Paper, In wliilk my muse here boots to haup her, A. SCOTT
Poems (ed. 1808) 17. n.Yks.23, w.Yks. (J.T.)
4. Comp. (i) Hap-gear, clothing of all sorts; (2) -harlot,
a coarse coverlet ; (3) -warm, a warm, substantial cover-
ing or article of dress ; also used at/rib.
(i) n.Yks.2 (2) N.Cy.1 A servant's coverlet. e.An.1 (3) ne.Sc.
The tailor . . . plied his needle and thread . . . till the webs had
become hapwarms fit to defend the coldest blast, GREGOR Fit-Lore
(1881)58. Bnff.1 That quyte o' yours is a gueede hap-warm. Edb.
Ye'll bring up after us, your master's trotcozy an' liapwarm,
BALLANTINE Gaberluneie (ed. 1875) 328. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll.
L.L.B.)
5. To cover over ; to bury, cover with earth ; to cover
with earth or straw as a protection from cold or wet, to
thatch ; also with down, in, over, up.
Sc. And my luve's briest is happit 'Neath cauld drifts o' snaw,
Ballads (1885) 65. Elg. The carle sees the last ruck-head Hapt in
baith saif and braw, COUPER Poetry (1804) I. 188. e.Sc. Better be
happed with the eternal silence of the hills than drowned in the
din of the streets, SETOUN R. Urquhart (1896) i. Abd. Stacks wi'
thack an' rape war happit licht, Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 27.
Per. My babe sleeps in yon kirkyard Happed owre wi' clammy
clay, SPENCE Poems (1898) 48. e.Fif. The solace o' my gran-
faither's solitary oors, after he had happit my grannie i' the mools,
LATTO Tarn Bodkin ( 1864) xi. Dmb. Our wee hoose, new happit,
brushed and clean, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 37. Rnf. The cauld
clay haps the Rose of Elderslie, FRASER Chimes (1853) 82. Ayr.
HAP
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HAP
It wasna till they had gotten them a' safely hame and the hole
happit up, that they really kent what they had, SERVICE Noiandums
(1890) 67. Lnk. To-day auld Wullie Gaw has been happing some-
body up, FRASER Whaiips (1895) i. Lth. Green's the sod that
haps the grave O' mony a Cannygoshan ! SMITH Merry Bridal
(1866) 38. Slk. I digged a grave, and laid him in, And happ'd
him with the sod sae green, BORLAND Yarrow (1890) 54. Rxb.
Ance I'm happit wi' the truff I ken I'll need nae mair, WILSON
Poems (1824) ai. Dmf. Tae me wad been doubly kin' . . . Had
he me happ'd some dyke behin' There tae remain, QUINN Heather
(1863) 74. Nhb. Gae hap him up i' his lang hame Sin' Billie's
dead, DONALDSON Poems (1809) 6a- Cum. He's been happed up
many a long year (J.Ar.). n.Yks. They've gitten t'muck an' taties
all hapt nicely in (W.H.); n.Yks.1 To cover, by placing straw and
earth over potatoes, earth over the dead, and the like. 'All's
dune, now: thou mun hap him oop.' To a sexton after the grave-
service was completed ; n.Yks.2 ' I should like to see thee happ'd
up,' an ill wish — to see you in your grave ; n.Yks.4 Ah've just
happ'd Willie's grave up. ne.Yks.1 Then you've gitten poor au'd
Willie happed up at last. e.Yks. To cover ; as the seed with soil,
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.1 We happ'd awd woman up
quite comfortably I chetch-yard, last Monday. Der.2 ' He's now't
good for till he's happed up,' said of a miserly churl. nw.Der.1
Not.3 Well happed down, well covered in. s.Not. Ah just 'apped
the taters up wi' a little earth (J.P.K.). Lin.1 It will not be long
before you'll have her to hap up. n.Lin. I wasn't goin' to hev him
happ'd awaay i' a parish coffin, PEACOCK Taales (1890) and S. 56 ;
n.Lin.1 Noo then, get them taa ties happed doon, it'll freeze to-neet like
smack. sw.Lin.1 They happed the stack up. Our potatoes are
well apped up. So you've happed poor old Charley up. Nhp.
When I, Hapt in the cold dark grave, Can heed it not, CLARE
Village Minst. (1821) I. 173.
Hence (i) Happing, sb. thatch, straw or earth used as a
covering ; (2) Happing-up, sb. a burial.
(i) n.Lin.1 Covering, such as ... earth on a potatoe pie. sw.Lin.1
We're short of happing, to hap the stacks with, (a) Cum. Coniston
. . . was obliged to send all its deceased to Ulverston for interment,
and Christian happing up, LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 265.
6. To hide, conceal, cover away, to ' hush up ' ; also
intr. to hide oneself.
Sc. Man, doctor, I ha'e happit mony a faut o' yours, an' I think
ye micht thole ane o' mine, FORD Thistledown (1891) 98. e.Sc.
What way will ye seek to rake up what I've happit awa for years?
SETOUN R. Urquhart (1896) xxvii. Ayr. Ye maun be cowards,
whan ye hap By dykebacks, sheughs, and ditches, Ballads and
Sngs. (1847) II. 113. n.Yks.2 'They got it happed up,' the matter
was silenced ; n.Yks.4 Let's hap t'job up noo an' saay neea mair
aboot it. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 Thaay maay try as thaay like
ther's noa happin' a thing o' that soort up e' thease daays.
7. To shelter, shield, protect.
Sc. The moonlight, they say, is no just canny . . . and ye should
be happit and sained from its influence, COBBAN Andaman (1895)
xxiv. Bch. Syne slouch behind my doughty targe, That yon day your
head happit, FORBES Ajax(i^^) 9. Kcd. Myauldbiggin',Thatmony
year has happed me Up to the very riggin', JAMIE Muse (1844)
32. Frf. Dear cottie ye cou'd tell . . . How many ills on me befel,
When ye did hap my taily, Yon rantin night, MORISON Poems
(1790) 85. Per. Wi' Dives' craps to ca' oor ain, A' hoosed an'
happit frae the rain, HALIBURTON Ochil Idylls (1891) 29. Ayr.
Jamaica bodies, use him weel, An' hap him in a cozie biel, BURNS
On a Sc. Bard, st. 9. Edb. They scoug frae street an' field, An'
hap them in a lyther bield, FERGUSSON Poems U773) I39, ed- !785-
8. To smooth down, press lightly ; to pat soil with the
back of a spade ; in salt-making : to smooth the lump salt.
Lan.',Chs.13 nw.Der.iTo press slightly the soil in garden beds
with a spade after the seeds are sown.
Hence Happer, sb. salt-making term : a small wooden
spade or paddle used to smooth lump salt. Chs.1
9. To make up a fire, to stack or heap it up so as to
keep it in.
Sc. It's time I should hap up the wee bit gathering turf, as the
fire is ower low, SCOTT Monastery (1820) iv ; I'll maybe find the
fire black out, though I had happit it so as to last the whole day,
WHITEHEAD Daft Davie (1876) 149, ed. 1894. Cum.4, Yks.(J.W.)
10. sb. A covering or wrap of any kind ; a coverlet, rug ;
a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ; also used _/?§•.
Sc. Mak's cosie the hap o' a theekit cot bed, ALLAN Lilts (1874)
357. Sh.I. Shu laid aff her hap an' axd for a drap o' mylk, Sh.
News (May 14, 1898). Abd. The hairst was ta'en in, and the rucks
got a hap, ANDERSON Rhymes (1867) 124. Frf. They were sair in
want o' a puckle needfu' haps in the day-time, WILLOCK Rosetty
Ends (1886) 25, ed. 1889. Per. I met her by the burnie's flow,
Aneath the hap o' e'enin', EDWARDS Strathearn Lyrics (1889) 43.
Ayr. I'd be mair vauntie o' my hap, Douce hingin' owre my curple,
BURNS Answer to Verses (1787) st. 5. Lnk. The plaided hap o'
auld warP ways, MURDOCH Doric Lyre (1873) 8. Lth. [He] wons
upon the hill-tap, In peat-biggit shieling wi' thin theekit hap,
BALLANTINE Poems (1856) 98. e.Lth. Swathed up in mufflers,
mittens, haps and hose, MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes (1885) 167. Edb.
Winter's caulds, baith keen and snell, Freeze on the hap o'er muir
an' fell, GLASS Cal. Parnassus (1812) 40. Kcb. When Criffel wears
a hap, Skiddaw wots well o' that, SWAINSON Weather. Flk-Lore
(1873)206. N.I.1 n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.1 Nhb.1
' Put a hap on the bed,' means put an extra covering on it. Dur.1
Cum. A hap mear or less is nowt in our house, RIGBY Midsummer
to Martinmas (1891) i. Wm. Have you put plenty of hap on?
(B.K.) n.Yks.1 ' Have you plenty o' haps?' 'Aye, Ah's tweea
shawls an' mah thick cloak, forby t'roog ' ; n.Yks.2 Rare good
haps; n.Yks.4 m.Yks.1 They may manage fora bit of scran [food],
but they've scarcely a rag of hap. w.Yks.1 Gimme plenty o' hap.
Lan. To doff his winter-hap, WAUGH Heather (ed. Milner) II. 26 ;
Thae's a terrible lot o' hap abeawt tho', ib. Snowed-up, ii. ne.Lan.1
Der. 'Ha' ye got plenty o' haps?'..' Tis main cold,' VERNEY Stone
Edge (1868) xxv.
11. A heavy fall of snow.
n.Yks. [He] would be matched to get home again; for it was safe
there was going to be a 'hap,' ATKINSON Maori. Parish (1891) 349.
[1. The peaple sawe thame [the opinions] happit al,
and coloured with fair wourdes, DALRYMPLE Leslie's Hist.
Scotl. (1596) II. 466. 2. I pray be Marie nappe hym
warme, York Plays (c. 1400) 144.]
HAP, v.3 and int. Sc. Irel. Lei. Dev. Also in forms
haap Sc. Lei.1 ; haape n.Dev. ; hape Frf. ; haup Sc.
(JAM.) [h)ap, h)ep.] 1. v. Of horses or yoke-cattle : to
turn to the right away from the driver.
Sc. STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 160 ; It is opposed to
wynd, which signifies to turn to the left or towards the driver (JAM.).
2. Phr. (i) to hap or wynd, (a) to make draught cattle
turn to the right or left ; (b) to turn one way or another
at another's will, to be tractable ; (2) haup weel, rake weel,
try every way, rather than be disappointed.
(i, a) Abd. But he could make them turn or veer, And hap or
wynd them by the ear, MESTON Poet. Wks. (1723) 16. (b) Frf.
How bless'd is he that to his mind Has got a wifie . . . That to his
wish will hape or winde, Soothing each care, MORISON Poems
(1790) 79. s.Sc. Ye'll neither hap nor wyn— neither dance nor
haud the caunle, WILSON 7'ales (1839) V. 234 ; We say of a
stubborn person : ' He will neither haup nor wynd ' (JAM.). (2)
Fif. A phr. borrowed from ploughing. The lit. meaning is: If the
horse will not go to the right hand, let him take the opposite
direction (ib.).
3. To stop, keep back ; to check, balk.
Dev. A farmer, speaking of some encroaching neighbours, said,
'They'd have it all, nif did'n hape 'em a bit,' Repotts Provinc. (1889).
n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 197; Nif vauther dedn't ha-ape tha,
Exm. Scold. (1746) 1. 51.
4. int. A call to a horse to turn to the right ; also with
off, up.
Sc. (JAM.) ; MORTON Cycle. Agric. (1863). w.Sc. ' Haup up' is
only applied to [cattle], N. &> Q. (1856) 2nd S. i. 439. s.Sc. ' Hap,
Bassie, hap,' and smacking his whip the horse increased his speed,
WILSON Tales (1839) V. 13. Ayr. Just gies his naigs a hap or gee,
An' canny drives around it, AINSLIE Land of Bums (ed. 1892) 217.
Lnk. By their answerin' our ca'— Hap, wyne, wo back, or step
awa', WATSON Poems (1853) 25. Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814) I.
31. N.I.1
5. A call for cows.
Lei.1 When I wus a b'y they'd use to call the cows with a 'haap,'
now they call 'em wi' a ' hoop.'
HAP, v.* Sc. [hap.] In phr. hap weel, w)rap weel,
come of it what will, whatever be the result, hit or miss.
Cf. hap, v? 2.
Cai.1 Slk. Whilk makes me half and mair afraid, . . But hap weel,
rap weel, I will send it, HOGG Poems (1801) I. 91 (JAM.). Rxb. I
carena, I'll do it, hap weel, rap weel (•&.). Gall. MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1824). Kcb. Hap weel an' wrap weel, I'll ax her ower
hame, ARMSTRONG Ingleside (1890) 219.
HAP, v.5 w.Yks. [ap.] 1. Of animals : to lap, suck up.
(J.B.), (J.W.) 2. To dry or mop up a wet place. (J.W.)
I 2
HAP
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HAPPER
HAP, sb.a Obs. Sc. Cum. An instrument for scraping
up sea-ooze to make salt with.
Dmf. His first care is to collect the sleech proper for his purpose;
this he effects by means of an implement named a hap, a kind of
sledge drag furnished with a sharp edge at that part which touches
the ground, and drawn by a single horse, Agric. Surv. 527 GAM.).
Cum.4 A sledge-drag or scraper, drawn by a horse, used for col-
lecting the surface-leech on the salt-bed, Solwoy, 44.
HAP, see Hip, sb.1, Hop, v?-
HAPE, sb. Sc. A halfpenny.
Lnk. Dae ye want the Citeez [Citizen]? Evenin' or Weekly? It's
only a hape, NICHOLSON Idylls (1870) 106.
HAPE, see Hap, v.a, Heap, s*.1
HAPLY, adv. Obs. Chs. Der. Also in form happely
Chs.2 Perhaps. Chs.13 Der. GROSE (1790) MS. add. (P.)
[He came, if haply he might find any thing thereon,
BIBLE Mark xi. 13.]
HAPP, HAPPA, see Hap, v.2, Hap ye.
HAPPE, v. Obs. n.Cy. To encourage or set on
a dog. GROSE (1790).
HAPPEN, v.1 and sb.1 Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
1. v. To befall, happen to ; to become of. Also used
in pass.
Slg. Some dreadful dool shall happen us, TOWERS Poems (1885)
56. Edb. The fate That soon will happen Kirk or State, CRAWFORD
Poems (1798) 38. Lth. Has anything happened Hootsman ?
LUMSDEN Sheep-head (1892) 311. w.Yks. If owt happens me tha
mun lewk after aar Lizzie, Spec. Dial. s.Not. Ah've bin lookin
for th' mester i' th' shop. What's appened im? (J. P. K.) Lei.1 A's
'appcned very lucky to get independent.
2. To incur, meet with (an accident, £c.) ; to have any-
thing occur to one ; occas. with of.
e.Dur.1 He happened it [it happened to him!. She happened
a bad accident. n.Yks. Ah happen'd a accident (T.S.") ; n.Yks.1
' Puir gell ! she's happ'n'd a misfort'n ; ' had, or going to have, an
illegitimate child. 'Ah seen a hare liggin, an' Ah happ'n'd (t')
misfort'n te knap't o' t'heead ' ; n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Ah's happen'd
a bad accident. w.Yks. He'd happened t'accident at his wark,
Yksma». Comic Ann. (1878) 42. n.Lin. Whativer's matter noo?
Has Jack happen'd owt ? PEACOCK Tales(i 886^61 ; n.Lin.1 He happen'd
an accident up o' Magin Moor ; his herse flung him and brok two
on his ribs. sw.Lin.1 They've never happened owt yet. They
were down together, but they happened nothing. Cmb. He
happened of an accident (W.W.S.). Suf. (C.L.F.)
3. With of, on, in, or with : to come upon by chance, fall
in with, light upon.
Per. Ance we happen'd on a stell, High up amang the Ochils,
HALIBURTON Oc/iil Idylls ( 1891) 13. Ayr. Gif that ye Coud happen
on a loving wife. She might a comfort to ye be, FISHER Poems
(1790) 154. Gall. She happen't on a frien'To help her in the time
o' need, LAUDERDALE Poems (1796) 68. n.Cy. (J.W.), ne.Lan.1
s.Chs.1 Iv yfi aap-n-n upun aa'r Joa'j, tel im th'mes'tur)z bin
waan'tin im [If y6 happen'n upon ahr Geo'ge, tell him th' mester's
bin wantin him]. Not. I happened on him just agen the miln
(L.C.M.); The difficulty of happening on a policeman, PRIOR
Rente (1895) 61 ; Not.1 Lin.1 nXin.1 I happen'd on her just agean
Bell-hoale. sw.Lin.1 I happened on him last market. Rut.1 I
thought I'd ask the doctor to call in next door, if I should happen
on him to-day or to-morrow. Lei.1 Mhp. The restless hogs will
happen on the prize, CLARE Shep. Calendar (1837) 74 ; Nhp.1 I
couldn't happen on him no where. War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Nrf.
I used to go up the road and happen in with some boys, EMERSON
Son of Fens (1892) 18 ; I happened with him at mine [at my house],
COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893) 63 ; I had just happened of him
up a tree when you began to halloa, HAGGARD Col. Quaritch (1888)
I. xii. Suf. I happened o' he at Ipsitch (C.G.B.). e.Snf. I hap-
pened with him at the inn (F.H.).
4. With along: to come by chance, to arrive unexpectedly.
Sur.1 Sn».' Master Tumptops, he's a man as you'll notice
mostly happens- along about anyone's dinner-time.
5. Phr. to happen right, to agree together, ' hit it off.'
s.Not. ' How did you get on with him ? ' ' Oh, sometimes we
happened right, an' sometimes we didn't' (J.P.K.).
6. Comp. (i) Happen-chance, a matter of casual occur-
rence. n.Yks.2 ; (2) -clash, an accidental blow or fall.
ib. ; (3) -keease, see (i). ib.
7. sb. An accident, occurrence.
w.Wor. That were a baddish happen, S. BrAUCHAMp N. Hamilton
(1875) II. 133.
HAPPEN, v? Som. To rattle, make a cracking
sound. See Happer.
What I don't like about coke is its happening on al' the while
when you first put it on (W.F.R.).
HAPPEN, s6.2 Ayr. (JAM.) The path trodden by
cattle, esp. on high grounds.
HAPPENING, sb. and ppl. adj. Sc. Yks. Also Dev.
1. sb. An event, occurrence.
Gall. I could not find it in my heart to tell him of the happening,
CROCKETT Grey Man (1896) 189. w.Yks. I could take more plea-
sure in telling such young doings without meaning... nor in jumping
out into the quick and strong flood of happenings that came after,
SNOWDEN Web of Weaver (1896) 17. Dev. Tidings and happenings
new and old, SALMON Ballads (1899) 6 ; Before the final coorious
happening, there was a fire in a croft of auld Applebird's, PHILL-
POTTS Bill Vogwell in Blk. and White (June 27, 1896) 824.
2. ppl. adj. Casual, chance, occasional.
Per. Mrs. So and So was here to-day, but it was only a happen-
ing call (G.W.). Lnk. If it wasna for a happening visitor looking
in at orra times, FRASER Whaups (1895) xii.
HAPPEN(S, adv. and conj. n.Cy. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Chs. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Glo.
Also written happance w.Yks. ; and in forms 'appen
Lan. m.Lan.1 Der. ; hap'm Cum.4 ; oppen Der. 1. adv.
Perhaps, possibly, may be.
N.Cy.1, Cum.4 Wm. ' Will you lend me a book?' * Happen I
have not got one" (B.K.) ; Said he was happen rader better ner
good, Aid Smiler, 19. n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 ' Wilt ta cum?' 'Happen
Ah may.' ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 Happen Bill '11 cum whom [home]
next week. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Yol happance think this a queer
idea a mine, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Thowts (1845) n ; w.Yks.1 I
spreead taable claath — happen nut seea simmitas they'd been used
lull, ii. 299; w.Yks.234; w.Yks.5 Happen ah sal an' happen ah
sahn't. Lan. That friend's happen slander'd yoa o' at he could,
HARLAND Lyrics (1866) 223; Our Jacob's got something on his
mind. . . He's 'appen fallen in love, HAMERTON Wcnderholntc
(1869) xv ; Lan.1, ne.Lan.1 e.Lan.1 The cheapest is happen not
the best. m.Lan.1, Chs.123 Stf. Happen your husband tied ye
off marryin' afore he died ? Cornh. Mag. (Jan. 1894) 38. n.Stf.
Happen ye'dget something to think on, GEO. ELIOT A. Bede (1859)
I. 8. Der. It's 'oppen two moil fro' here, HALL Haihersagc (1896)
i ; 'Appen thou be'st. and 'appen thou baint, LE FANU Uncle Silas
(1865) I. 298; Der.2. nw.Der.l Not. (J.H.B.); If he speaks
to you, you can 'appen be deaf. PRIOR Renie (1895) 60. Lin.
Happen sea-bank broke to show folk as fen warn't niver meant to
be drained, FENN Dick o' the Fens (1888) iii. n.Lin.1 Happen I
maay cum doon o' Sunda' at neet, bud I'm not sewer. s.Lin.
Happen he may artcr all (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1 Happens, I may.
It was a good job, happen, as she did go. Lei.1 'Do you think
she's gone home?' "Appen.' Nhp.1 War. They'd happen ha'
died, if they'd been fed, GEO. ELIOT Floss (1860) I. 42; War.12;
War.3 ' 'Ave a go at a ship, master; appen yo might 'it a
ship [sheep].' A sarcasm launched at me by a shepherd who had
seen me miss my game in two successive shots ; War.4 Happen I
may light upon it when I goes a milking. s.War.1, s.Wor. (H.K.),
s.Wor.1, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 'Appen I shall be theer. Glo.1
2. conj. In case, lest, perchance.
n-Yks.1 Ah'll think, happen Ah gans. ne.Yks.1 Ah'll waat
happen sha cums. w.Yks. (J.W.)
HAPPER, v. Hmp. Wil. Dor. Som. To fall with a
heavy sound ; to rattle down, patter ; to crackle ; gen.
with down.
Hmp. Of an apple falling from a tree, ' Didn't it happer down ! '
(W.H.E.) Wil. You can hear the rain now. It's happering down,
ib. ; Wil.1 To come down smartly, as hail, or leaves in autumn.
Dor. An' orcha'd apples, red half round, Have alia happer'd down,
BARNES Poems (1863) 78. Som. Till tha snaw happer'd down
and cover'd tha groun, AGRIKLKK Rhymes (1872) no; SWEETMAN
IVincanton Gl. (1885); W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; JENNINGS Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.1 How that there 'ood do happery 1
Hence (i) Happering, (a) vbl. sb. the snapping or
crackling of an ember in a fire ; (b) ppl. adj. pattering,
rattling coming down like hail ; (2) Happery, adj. crack-
ling, apt to snap or crackle.
(i, a) Wll. N. & Q. (i88i)6th S. iv. 106. (A) Dor. At the feast,
I do mind very well, all the vo'ks Wera-tookina happeren show'r,
BARNES Poems (1863) in. (a) w.Som.1 Vir [fir] tops baint much
o' viring, they be so happery.
HAPPER, see Hopper, sb.1
HAPPINCH
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HAPPINCH, sb. Chs. The lapwing, Vamllus vul-
garis. Science Gossip (1865) 36.
HAPPIT, see Hoppet, v.
HAPPLE, v. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
To trickle, roll down. See Hop, v?- 6.
Edb. The sa't tears ran happlin' owr my cheek, LEARMONT Poems
(1791) 325.
HAPPY, adj. Sc. Irel. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Chs. Lei. Nhp.
War. Cor. [h)a'pi, ae'pi.] 1. In phr. (i) Happy by lucky,
at a venture, at all hazards, by chance ; (2) — family,
a variety of stonecrop, Sedum ; (3) -go-long, an easy-
going person; (4) -go-lucky, (a) see (i) ; (b) see (3); (c)
chance, accident ; (5) — man be his dole, a good wish, an
expression of goodwill.
(i) Nhp.1 He has taken that bit o' ground happy by lucky, he's
chanced it. (2) Chs.1 Frequently grown in cottage windows ;
Chs.3 The buds and flowers, though on different stalks, all nestle
together. (3) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (4, a) Cai.1 Rxb. Happy-go-lucky,
I'll venture (JAM.). s.Don. He could not ride a bicycle, but he
said he would try happy go lucky (D.A.S.). Lin.1, n.Lin.1 (b)
Lei.1 A good fellow of a reckless random disposition. War.3 (c)
n.Yks. It's happy-go-lucky whether you get them or nut (I.W.).
m.Yks.1 The well-known phrase ' happy-go-lucky' has more of a
meaning to northern than southern ears. Cor. After that went
recklessly . . . and finally abandoned the exercise of ... reason
for happy-go-lucky, BARING-GOULD Gaverocks (1887) i. (5) n.Cy.
GROSE (1790) MS. add. (P.)
2. Lucky, fortunate, boding good fortune.
Bnff. There are happy and unhappy days for beginning any under-
taking. . . There are also happy and unhappy feet. Thus they wish
bridegrooms and brides a happy foot, Statist. Ace. XIV. 541 «. (JAM.)
HAPRICK, sb. Sh.I. Also written happrick. [ha'prik.]
Panniers or baskets slung over a horse's back.
A auld osmal liiikin' auld maid, wi' a mooth laek a horse hap-
prick, STEWART Tales (1892) 35 ; S. & Ork.1 Two cazzies united by
a band laid over a horse's back for carrying manure.
HAPS, adv. Sc. n.Cy. Ess. Ken. [haps, asps.]
Perhaps, perchance. See Hap, adv. 6.
Edb. If yer morals dinna men' Ye'll haps be scau'ded at the en',
LIDDLE Poems (1821) 58. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Ess.
An', haps, near ov a-fire, CLARK J. Noakes (1839) St. 170; Ess.1
Ken. Aps he may. Aps he be (W.G.P.).
[It may haps be objected, CALLIS Stat. Sewers (ed.
1647) 94 (N.E.D.).]
HAPS, see Hasp, sb.1
HAP-SHACKLE, v. and sb. Sc. Lan. Also in form
hop-shackle Sc. Lan.1 [ha'p-, h)o'p-Jakl.] 1. v. To bind
together the feet of cattle so as to prevent them from
straying. Slk., Gall. QAM.)
Hence Hap-shackled, ppl. adj. fettered, cumbered ;
hobbled.
Ayr. Thou now has got thy daddie's chair, Nae hand-cuff'd,
mizzl'd, hap-shackl'd Regent, BURNS Elegy on the Year 1788 (1789)
1. 34 ; Jeanie stood like ane hapshackl'd, AINSLIE Land of Burns
(ed. 1892) 188. Gall. An horse is said to be so when an hind and
fore foot are confined by a rope fixed to them ; this is to hinder
them to 'hop ' or ' leap,' MACTAGGART Encycl, (1824) 253, ed. 1876.
Lan. ' Thou walks as if thou were hop-shackle't ! ' ' Thou'd be
hop-shackle't too, if thou'd as mony corns o' thi toes as I have,'
WAUGH Chim. Corner (1874) 17, ed. 1879 ! Lan.1
2. sb. A ligament for confining a horse or cow; a shackle,
fetter; also used fig.
Ayr. No creatures in a crib, no horses in hapshackles, AINSLIE
Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 139. Slk. An intelligent correspondent
from Ettrick Forest informs me that he never saw the operation of
hapshackling performed otherwise than by fastening the hap-
shackle round the fore feet of the animal (JAM.) ; I have got this
matrimonial hap-shackle off and am free, HOGG Tales (1838) 282,
ed. 1866. Gall. (JAM.)
HAPSHER, adv. Lakel. Cum. Also in forms hapsha
Lakel.2 Cum. ; hapshy Cum.1 In comp. (i) Hapsher-
hapsher, (2) -rapsher, -rapsha, or -rapshy, haphazard, at
random.
(i) Cum. (J.W.O.) (2) Lakel.2 Cum. (J.W.O.); Bit ah sed,
just hapsha rapsha, sez ah, SARGISSON /oe Scoap (1881) 140 ; Cum.1
HAP YE, phr. Obs. n.Cy. Also in forms happa
N.Cy.2 ; happe. 1. What think you ? do you think so ?
GROSE (1790), (K.),N.Cy.2 2. Thank you. BAILEY (1721).
HAR, int. Nhb. Dur. Yks. e.An. Also in form arr,
aar e.An. 1. A call of the carter to a horse to come to
the left or near side.
e.An. The rustic teamman's address to his horse when he wants
it to turn into a gateway to the left is something of this kind,
'Cup bear, har, hate wa' holt' (H.C.H.). Nrf. RAINBIRD Agric.
(1819) 302, ed. 1849.
2. A word of command addressed to a plough-horse to
turn to the right.
Yks. The horses are trained when young to turn to the right on
hearing this word (G.W.W.).
3. Phr. har away, be off ! come along. Cf. hay-ree.
Nhb. (H.M.) e.Dur.1 Haa'wee'u, haa-nrwee'u, haru ('harra')
wee'u. The shibboleth of this county, heard every day and almost
every five minutes.
HAR, see Haar, sb.1, Have, Her.
HARASS, sb. Lin. Sur. [a'ras.] Difficulty, great
trouble.
Sur.1 ' It's a harass to get them up they hills.' Speaking of
carting building materials on to the hill.
Hence Harassment, sb. a worry, trouble, harassed con-
dition.
n.Lin.1 Dr. P. he says to me, 'Mrs. D.,' he says, 'it's ovver-
harassment o' th' liver 'at yer sufferin' from.' s.Lin. (T.H.R.)
HARBER, sb. e.An.1 Suf.1 e.Suf. (F.H.) Also written
harbur, and in form arbour Suf.1 [a'ba(r).] The horn-
beam or hard-beam, Carpinus Betulus. Also in comp.
Harber-tree.
HARBIN(E, sb. Or.I. A young coal-fish of about two
years old, Merlangus carbonarius.
The piltock of Shetland is the kuth of Orkney, which the following
year is distinguished in the latter place as harbines, or two-year-
old kuths, HIBBERT Desc. SIi. I. (1822) 25, ed. 1891 ; S. & Ork.1
[SATCHELL (1879).]
HARBOUR,s6.andv. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Chs. Lin.
Wor. Pern. Glo. Oxf. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written harbar
s.Pem. ; and in form herbour Sc. 1. sb. A shelter, refuge.
Edb. It is said, as a harbour and rallying point, to have been
much resorted to by the Covenanters, PENNECUIK Whs. (1715) 127,
ed. 1815. n.Yks.4 Wa mun finnd a harbour sumwhere whahl
t'shooer's ower'd. w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 It power'd doon wi'
raain an' ther' was noa harbour to find noa wheare. w.Som.1
Kau'msoa'us! lat-s goo t-aarbur [Come mates ! let's take shelter].
The word ' shelter' is unknown.
Hence (i) Harberance, (2) Harberie, sb. harbourage,
shelter ; (3) Harbourless, adj. without shelter or refuge.
(i) Nhb.1 Thor's a lot o' ratlins this year ; the rough stubbles is
been a grand harberance for them. (2) Sc. He that is ill of his
harberie, is good of his way kenning, RAY Prov. (1678) 370. (3)
Lnk. So am I harbourlcss, LITHGOW.PO«/. Rent., ed. 1863 (Passionado).
2. Lodging, house-room ; a house, home ; a room, place
of entertainment, place of reception.
Sc. He kept them up till I had neither house nor harbour,
KIRKTON Ch. Hist. (1817) 274. Per. What! herbour freers? an'
the gudeman fra hame ? HALIBURTON Dunbar (1895) 95. Lakel.1
Turned out of ' huse and harbour.' Cum.4 Wm. Cheated aut ol
hause and harbour, HUTTON Bran New Wark (1785) 1.312. n.Yks.1;
n.Yks.4 Seea lang ez it's cleean, Ah deeant mahnd, bud Ah mun 'ev
a harbour foor t'neet. w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs.1 My word! but this
is a wyndy harbour. A wood-fent's a regular harbour for rottens.
n.Lin.1 Thaay was to'n'd oot Vto th' streat, an' noa harbour was to
be gotten for 'em noawheares, soa I let 'em lig e' my barn.
sw.Lin.1 His sister jives him harbour, but he finds himself. There's
no harbour at D, so they've ta'en a house at H. There's no other
harbour to be got. Oxf. (G.O.), w.Som.1
Hence (i) Harbourage, sb. stopping-place, entertain-
ment ; (2) Harbouration, sb. a collection, lodgement ; a
collection of anything unpleasant.
(i) w.Som.1 Noa- aa'rbureej yuur! [No shelter here!] is the
^ . it i 11 i___ __j___ -i i ; i • - .
a harbouration o' dirt as that is. s.Chs.1 Mahy sai'ks ulahy'v!
wot u aa-rburai'shun u rub'ich dhur iz i dhu aays [My sakes alive !
what a harbouration o' rubbitch there is i' the ha'ise].
3. The place where a deer lies or has been lying ; the
bed of a deer.
w.Som.1 An old stag always tries to find a young deer to turn
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out of his harbour. n.Dev. When he [the stag] has settled himself
down he is said to be ' in harbour,' JEFFERIES Red Deer (1884) vi.
Hence Harbourage, sb. a covert, lair, hiding-place.
w.Som.1 The deer made for Bollam Wood, but there was no
harbourage there.
4. v. To give shelter to ; to hide ; to entertain, give
house-room to.
Ayr. We had committed the unpardonable sin against the prelacy
of harbouring our minister and his destitute family, GALT Gilliaise
(1823) xvii. n.Vks.4 Gen. used in a derogatory sense. ' Sha's
neeawaays neyce whaw sha harbours.' ' Tha'd harbour tha devil
if tha thowt tha c'u'd mak owt byv it' w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs.1 He
harbours aw th' poachers i' th' country ; Chs.3, n.Lin.1, Oxf. (G.O.)
Glo.1 Her says her won't harbour the dog in the parlour. w.Som.1
'Tis a place where they do harbour thieves and all sorts o' rough
car'iturs. Cor. And 'cused me forharbren hes booay to my house,
TREGELLAS Tales (1860) 5.
Hence Harberous, adj. hospitable, affording shelter.
So. He liberal was and harberous, ROGERS Three Reformers
(1819) 114.
5. To pet, spoil, make much of.
s.Pem. Ye'v alwiz been harbarin' this child, an' naw a's spoilt
(W.M.M.).
6. Phr. to harbour laze, to induce or encourage laziness.
s.Wor. PORSON Quaint Wds. (1875) 20.
7. To dwell in a place ; to haunt, frequent.
n.Cy. (J.W.) Chs.1 Rats harbour in a barn. Partridges harbour
amongst turnips ; Chs.3 They harbour there continually. Glo.2
w.Som.1 The police kept watch on the places he was known to
harbour. Her told em how he did'n harboury there.
8. Of a deer or stag : to have a lair ; to haunt, frequent.
w.Som.1 To ascertain by tracking, or other means, that the deer
is harbouring or laired in a particular spot or covert. n.Dev. If a
man could steal a view of 'un, . . where he harbours, WHYTE-
MELVILLE Katerfelto (1875) xv.
9. To track a stag to its lair.
w.Som.1 n.Dev. To use woodman's language, he had fairly
'harboured his deer,' WHYTE-MELVILLE Katerfelto (1875) xvi ;
A guinea is paid for each stag ' harboured ' successfully, JEFFERIES
Red Deer (1884) vi.
Hence Harbourer, sb. hunting term : a man whose duty
it is to track out a stag's lair or ' harbour.'
w.Som.1 The harbourer ... is as important an officer in the
establishment of a pack of hounds kept for hunting the wild deer
as the huntsman himself. Indeed it would be well if every hunts-
man was to serve a novitiate as harbourer. It unfortunately
happens that every under-keeper and loiterer about the haunts of
the wild deer, thinks he can act as harbourer, COLLYNS, 76. Dev.
The harbourer having reported a ' warrantable deer ' in Parsonage
Wood, Mem. Rev. J. Russell (1883) xii. n.Dev. He has earned
an unchallenged right to call himself the most skilful ' Harbourer '
in the west, WHYTE-MELVILLE Katerfelto (1875) xvi.
[1. I wasastraungerandnedyofharboure.UDALL^njs/n.
Par. (1548) Matt. xxv. 2. An harbar, liospicium, Cath.
Angl. (1483).]
HARBY, HARCELET, see Herb, Haslet.
HARD, adj., adv. and sb. Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Eng.
and Colon. Also in forms haad e.Yks.1 ; hand e.Yks. ;
nurd Cmb. 1. adj. and adv. In comb, (i) Hard-backed,
miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains ; (a)
•batch, grape-wine ; see below ; (3) -bitten one, a hard
taskmaster; (4) -bound, constipated; (5) -bowed, said of
flax when the seed has formed ; (6) -bread, oatcake ; (7)
•buttons, a boys' game ; see below ; «(8) — cake, (9)
— cheese, hard treatment, a hard lot, ' hard lines ' ; (10)
•core, brick, rubbish, or refuse used to make foundations;
(n) -corn, wheat and rye, as opposed to barley and oats ;
(12) -dick, a pudding made only of flour and water ; (13)
— does, see (9) ; (14) -dumpling, see (12) ; (15) — eating,
dry food and corn, as opposed to grass; also called
Hard-food; (16) -faced, (a) impudent, obstinate, brazen-
faced; (6) obstinate in making a bargain; (c)close.-grained,
hard in texture ; (17) -favoured, stern-faced ; coarse-
featured ; (18) -fish, dried or salt fish ; (19) -fist, a miserly
person; (20) -fisted, covetous; (21) -fruit, stone-fruit,
plums, &c. ; (22) -gait, a hard road ; used fig. in prov. ;
see below ; (23) -gob, white metal ; (24) -grain, a present
of wheat or money made to children at Christmas;
(25) — grass, var. species of sedge or Carex ; (26)
-ground man, a workman employed in driving rock
other than coal ; (27) -haddled, hard-earned ; see Addle,
I/.2; (28) -handed, stingy, niggardly, close-fisted; (29)
— hap, misfortune, adversity; (30) -head, hardihood; (31)
•headed, (a) unyielding, stubborn ; (b\ shrewd, ' cute ' ;
(32) -hearted, heart-breaking, distressing; (33) -hewer,
a stone-mason ; (34) -hodden or -holden, tightly held ; at
a loss, embarrassed ; hard put to it ; (35) -horn, tightly ;
(36) -iron or Hardine, fa) the black knapweed, Centaurea
nigra; also called Hardhead (q.v.) ; (6) the corn-crowfoot,
Ranunculus arvensis; (c) the spreading halbert-leaved
orache, A triplex hastata ; (37) -matched, hardly able ; (38)
— matter, difficult ; (39) — meat, see (15) ; (40) -melched,
of a cow: difficult to milk; (41) -mouthed, obstinate,
stubborn; (42) -nap, a shrewd, clever fellow; (43) -coined,
badly treated, over-worked ; see Hoin, v. • (44) -pin't, said
of grass when eaten off close to the bare ground ; (45)
-pushed, hard put to it ; (46) -race, calcareous concretionary
matter formed round.fossilized bones, found;in brick-earth ;
(47) -sailing, trouble, misfortune ; (48) -set, (a) scarcely
able, hardly, with difficulty ; hard-pressed, in difficulties,
straits; (b) hungry; (c) to overdo; (49) -setten, said of
eggs sat upon until nearly the date of hatching ; (50)
-stocking, land on which more stock is pastured than it
can properly nourish ; (51) -thistle, the creeping plume-
thistle, Carauus arvensis; (52) -tree, close-grained wood ;
(53) — water, spring water as distinguished from rain or
soft water ; (54) — weight, a trifle short of the weight
named; (55) --wheat, bearded wheat, Triticum durum;
(56) — wood, (a) oak and ash as distinguished from fir,
willow, beech, &c. ; (b) firewood in logs or brands as dis-
tinguished from faggot-wood or ' wood ' simply ; (57) -wood
trees, deciduous trees (with the exception of oak), not ot
the fir tribe ; (58) -woolled one, see (3) ; (59) — word, (a)
abuse ; scandal ; (b) a blunt refusal ; (c) a pass-word or
sign.
(i) n.Yks. He's a hard-backed un (T.S.). (al s.Hmp. Do you
fetch that bottle of hard-batch (wine made from the outdoor grapes),
VERNEY L. Lisle (1870) vi. (3) w.Wor. A hard-bitten un as be no
mon's friend, S. BEAUCHAMPW. Hamilton (1875) I. 3. (4) Chs.1 (5)
N.I.1 (6) n.Ir. She bakit aboot three griddle fu's o' hard breid,
LYTTLE Paddy McQuillan , 18. Lan. Wi'n yo have hard brade orloaf-
brade ' WAUGH Awd Bodlc, 250. (7) Lon. Several boys place one
button each close together on a line. The game consists in hitting
a particular button out of this line without touching the others.
This is gen. played in London streets, GOMME Games (1894) 190.
(8) n.Lin.1, Lei.1, War.3 (9) e.Yks.1 It's hard cheese when yan
awn bayns tons ther backs o' yan, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks.5 To
be turned off the premises where several generations of a family have
lived and died, would be ' hard-cheese.' A criminal may deserve
his twenty-one years' sentence of transportation, nevertheless it is
' hard cheese to the poor fellah ! ' Not.1, n.Lin.1, Lei.1, Oxf. (G.O.)
(10) Lon. The phrase ' hard-core' seems strictly to mean all such
refuse matter as will admit of being used as the foundation of
roads, buildings, &c., MAYHEW Land. Labour (ed. 1861) II. 281.
(n) N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Dur.1 Wheat or maslin, when growing, as
distinguished from barley and oats. Stf. (K.) (i2)Sns.1 (i3)Yks.
(J.W.) n.Lin.1 It's hard-does for a man and his wife and bairns to
be thrawn oot o' wark wi'oot warnin'. Glo. These 'ere times with
hard doos fur farmers, and wi" the 'checnery and zo on, BUCKMAN
Darke's Sojourn (1890) x. Oxf.1 JUS. add. (14) n.Yks. (I.W.) (15)
Sc. (A.W.) Myo. I'd like the white mare tuk off the grash an' gave
some hard 'atin' for afewdays, STOKER Snake's Pass(i8gi)vi. (i6,«)
Chs.3 I have heard a bold horse called ' a regular hard-faced one."
s.Chs.1 0 tae-rbl aa'rd-fai'St wensh [A terr'ble hard-faced wench].
(b) Chs.1 (c) ib. Timber which is hard and difficult to work is
said to be hard-faced. An apple of so close a texture that you
can scarcely get your teeth through it would be called hard-
. faced. (17) Ayr. A stalwart, hard-favoured, grey-haired man-at-
arms, GALT Gilhaize (1823) i. Cum.14 (18) Sc. Indiscriminately
given to cod, ling, and torsk, salted and dried (JAM.) ; Scoticisms
(1787) 38. Or.I. PETERKIN Notes (1822) App. 32. Cal.1 (19)
s.Lin. Ha'e you hired yer sen to an o'd hard-fist like her!
(T.H.R.) (20) Nhp.1 (21) Ken.1 (2a) Sc. 'The hare maun
come to the hard gait,' matters must take their course. Gen.
addressed to those who appear wilful, and are determined to take
their own way apparently against their interest (JAM.). (23)
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w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 4, 1893) ; w.Vks.2 (24) ne.Lan.1
(25) Stf. Various sorts of seg grasses, provincially hard grass, iron
grass, carnation grass, ReportsAgric. (1793-1813) 27. (26) \Reports
Mines.] (27) w.Yks. Dunnot be fooils goin an spendin boath yer
time ah yer hard-haddled cash at a jerry-shop, Dewsbre Olm.
(1878) 3. (28) n.Sc. (JAM.) (29) Cum. Then hard hap have I,
GILPIN Ballads (1874) 52. (30) w.Cy. (HALL.) (31, a) Cai.1, Slk.
(JAM.) (6) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (32) Sh.I. Is dis wadder iver gaun ta
shange, Magnus ? He's [it's] truly been a hard-heartid time dis
while, as iver I mind, I link, Sh. News (June II, 1898). (33)
Ken.12 (34) Lakel.2 Ah was hard hodden ta keep mi tongue
atween mi teeth an' keep frae tellen mi mind streck oot. n.Yks.2
' I was hard-hodden frae laughing,' with difficulty I refrained
from it. w.Yks. I have never seen a man so hard holden as he
was, SNOWDEN Web of Weaver (1896) ii. (35) Sc. With his eyes
shut hardhorn, Magopico (ed. 1836) 29. (36, a) Lan. (B. & H. ),
Chs.13 Stf. (B. & H.), s.Not. (J.P.K.) (6) n.Cy. (HALL.) Midi.
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796) II. Der.2, nw.Der.1, Lei.1 (c) Lei.1
(37) n.Yks.2 That wall's hard-match'd to stand. (38) Oxf.1 MS.
add. nw.Dev.1 'Tis hard matter to git about. (39) e.Yks. Maketh
goodes fall sharply to their hard meate, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641)
76. (40) s.Chs.1 (41) Cor. You loose-jaw! hard-mouth'd, chuckle-
headed kna-ave, FORFAR Poems (1885) 47. (42)Hrf.2 (43) w.Yks.
And all the while this lovin' wife, Hard-ooined although shoo be,
CUDWORTH Dial. Sketches (1884) 107. (44) Cuin.4 (45) Sc.
(A.W.), n.Cy. (J.W.), Oxf. (G.O.) w.Som.1 We was terrible
hard-pushed to get em a-dood in time. (46) Ken. It is called
' Hard race' by the workmen ... at the large brickyard near
Erith, RAMSAY Rock Specimens (1862) 180. (47) e.Yks.1 Poor
awd Mally ; sha's had nowt bud hard-salin all her life-tahm, MS.
add. (T.H.) (48, a) Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks. Ah's hard-set to dua 't
(T.S.) ; T'parson was hard-set [to keep from laughing], TWEDDELL
Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 35; n.Yks.12; n.Yks.4 Ah wur hardset ti
git t'job deean i' tahm. ne.Yks.1 Ah lay he'll be hard-set ti a'e
deean afoor neet. e.Yks.1 Ah's haad-set ti live o' that wage.
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Shoo wir hard-set to do sich a thing as that,
HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1886) 44; w.Yks.12 Lan.1 He's hard-set,
aw con tell thi— eawt o' wark an' his woife deawn wi1 twins.
e.Lan.1, Not.1 n.Lin.1 We shall most on us be hard set if thease
prices hohds on a year or two longer. sw.Lin.1 They're often
hardset for a meal. Lei.L Nhp.1 He is hard set to maintain his
family. War.8, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Dev.3 He's hardzet to pay his rent.
(b) w.Yks.2 War.3 He is so hard set he will eat anything offered
to him. (c) m.Yks.1 Take him to the field with thee, and don't
hardset him, now. (49) Cum. (J.Ar.), Cum.4 (50) s.Wil. I have
known the principle of hard-stocking carried to an injurious
length, MARSHALL Review (1817) V. 224. (51) e.An. (B. & H.)
(52) Kcd. O get to me a cloak of cloth, A staff of good hard tree,
MAIDMENT Garl. (1824) 30, ed. 1868. (53) Lakel.2 Spring waiter
'at jikes when ye weshin 't. n.Lin.1, Oxf. (G.O.) (54) e.Yks.1
Twea pund, hahd weight, MS. add. (T.H.) Sus. I weighted a
carp . . . and it proved 2lbs. hard weight, MARCHANT Diary
(1714-28) in N. V Q. (1879) sth S. xi. 247. (55) Som. (W.F.R.)
(56, a) Kcd. The whole of this is thickly planted with deciduous
trees, or what is here called hard wood ; its distinction from the
evergreens or firs, whose timber is comparatively softer and of
less value, Agric. Surv. 343 (JAM.). Slg. Upwards of 200,000
trees of various kinds, but chiefly of hard wood, that is oak and
ash, ib. 220. n.Lin.1, w.Som.1 (6) w.Som.1 To be sold, about
100 cords of hard wood, in lots to suit purchasers, Advt. nw.Dev.1
(57) Cum.4, w.Yks.1 (58) Nrf. COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893)
35- (59, fl) Sc- Hard words break no bones (A.W.). Myo. Again
he burst out at me ... he would send the hard word round the
country about me and my leman ! STOKER Snake's Pass ( 1891) xvi.
Lakel.2 He gat t'hard-word frae t'maister. Cum.4 (b) Wm. Ah
assed him for a shillin', an' he gev mi t'hard-word atyance (B.K.).
(c) IT. So I gives Jack the hard word, CAKLETON Traits Peas.
(ed. 1843) I. 78.
2. Phr. (i) hard about, (2) — again, (3) — at hand, (4)
— by, near, close to ; (5) — enough, sure enough, without
doubt, certainly ; (6) — laid on, much oppressed or bur-
dened with work, sickness, &c. ; (7) — on, (a] see (4) ; (b)
nearly, almost, approaching to ; (c) hard at work, in full
swing ; (d) fast asleep ; (8) — to, see (4) ; (9) — upon, see
(7,6); (10) — a-gallop, galloping very fast ; (n) — and fast,
(a) safely secured, immovable ; (b) vigorously, with great
energy ; with eagerness or determination ; (c) see (5) ;
(d) see (7, d) ; (12) — and heather bred, hardy, possessed
of great vigour and activity ; (13) — and sharp, (a) scarcely,
hardly, with difficulty, barely ; (b) cruelly, harshly ; (c) to
a nicety, just right ; (d) slightly short in the required
weight or size ; (14) — in the mouth, stubborn, obstinate ;
(15) — of belief, dubious, doubtful ; (16) — of the feather,
used in reference to fighting cocks, fully grown and not
soft-feathered ; (17) to get it hard, to find it a difficult
matter; (18) to be at hard canny, to have a struggle to
make both ends meet ; (19) to be in hard earnest, to be in
sober, downright earnest ; (20) to have the hard drop in
one, to be penurious, miserly.
(i) w.Yks. It's hard about yonder clump of trees (C.C.R.). (2)
Lakel.2 It's hard again t'fell sides. Cum.4 Ye'll finnd t'hoose hard
agean t'stayshin. n.Wm. Your stick is hard again your nief (B. K.).
(3) Som. I was . . . thinken', mabbee, o' thik good-bye as was hard
at hand, LEITH Verbena (1895) 99. (4) Abd. Hard by the house o'
Robie Mill, FORBES Shop 31/1(1785) 14. e.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 Hard
by t'owd church. Der.2, nw.Der.1 n.Lin. Yalthrup is hard by
Bottesford (E.P.). Oxf. (G.O.) (5) n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 He'll tell
tha what he thinks, hard eaneeaf. ne.Yks.1 Aye ! that's him hard
eneeaf. w.Yks. (JE.B.) ; w.Yks.5 ' I can du it hard eniff.' A man
repairs a clock, and says, when he has concluded his task, ' Thear,
it al go hard eniff now.' n.Lin. He'll goa hard enif if thoo nobbud
axes him (M.P.). (6) Cum.14 w.Yks.1; w.Yks.5 A lad sent to
work at the factory when very young is ' hard-laid on.' A man
emaciated in appearance by illness has ' bin hard laad on, poor
fellah ! ' n.Lin.1, Nhp.1 (7, a) Lakel.2 s.Lin. You'll be hard on
it when you reach the next cross roads (T.H.R.). (b) Cum.4 It'll
be hard on till neet or we git heam. Wm. It'll be hard on ta ten
mile ta Penrith (B.K.). Lei.1 It's six o'clock, hard on. War.2
Hard upon three months ; War.3 (c) Not.1 Lei.1 Ah'n bin aard
on all dee. Shay's aard on at th' o'd man from mornin' to noight
an' noight till mornin'. War.3, Oxf. (G.O.) (rf) w.Yks. 'Ist'barn
asleep?' 'Ay, he's hard on' (^E.B.). (8) Cum. I wad fain a
seen't cum hard tull us, Borrowdale Lett, in Lonsdale Mag. (Feb.
1867) 309. (9) Slk. It is hard upon the gloamin', HOGG Tales
(1838) 68, ed. 1866. Nhp.1 Hard upon eighty. Hmp. ' How far
is it to Christchurch ?' 'Oh, it's hard upon a mile' (H.C.M.B.).
Som. Hard upon thirty year have I a-bin clerk, RAYMOND Love
and Quiet Life (1894) 107. (10) nw.Dev.1 He raud roun' the
cornder 'ard-a-gallop. (n, a) n.Yks.2 (b) n.Cy. Yah, ye mun hit
it hard an' fast as weel, ta mack a wage (B.K.). Chs. GROSE
(1790) MS. add. (M.) (c) n.Yks.2 It is so, hard and fast, (d)
n.Cy. Ah was hard an fast asleep (B.K.). w.Yks. (JE.B.) (la)
Nht>. ' Hard and heather-bred ' ran the ancient North-Tyne slogan ;
'hard and heather-bred — yet — yet— yet,' PEASE Tales (1899) 5;
The slogan is actually 'Hard a — d' (in allusion to constant
training in the saddle) 'and heather-bred, yit, yit, yit ! ' (R.O.H.)
(13, a) w.Yks. Ah catched t'train, but it wor hard and sharp (J.T.) ;
w.Yks.1 Hesto mesur, naa matters, it's nobbud hard and sharp.
n.Lin.1 I did catch th' traain, bud it was hard an' sharp, she was
movin' when I got in. s.Cy. HOLLOW AY. w.Som.iEes, mum, we
was there, but 'twas hard and sharp ; the train was jis pon comin'
eens we stapt. (b) Ayr. Ne'er grudge an' carp Tho' fortune use
you hard an' sharp, BURNS Ep. J. Lapraik (Apr. 21, 1785) St. 8.
w.Yks.1 Not often used in this sense, (c) w.Yks.5 A shop-keeper
who gives standing weight and not a draw, manages matters
'hard an' sharp.' A policeman who lays his hand upon the
shoulder of a man stepping into a railway carriage, as the train is
beginning to move, is ' hard an' sharp upon his customer,' or, the
capture is a 'hard an' sharp' one, — done to a nicety, (d) Wm.
He sez ther's a steean o' taties e that pooak, but they'll be hard
an' sharp seea many (B.K.). n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 There was hard
an' sharp of a bushel of them, MS. add. (T.H.) (14) Glo. Noa,
thay 'oodn't 'gree to't, not they. 'Ye be dalled hard in the
mouth,' says Willum, BUCKMAN Darke's Sojourn (1890) iv. (15)
n.Yks. (T.S.) ( 1 6) Cum.1 (17) Wmh. Did you get it hard to pay
yourrint? (S.A.B.) (i8).n.Yks.2Aperson issaidtobeathardcanny,
who has to struggle ' to make ends meet.' (19) s.Dur. He's in hard-
earnest (J.E.D.). (20) Ir. An' would stand his treat as well as
another ; but now see what he is ! . . It was ... no aisy matther
to get him into a trate ; ... he had always the hard drop in him,
CARLETON Fardorougha (1848) Introd. n.
3. adj. Hardy, enduring ; not sensitive to pain ; daring,
bold, resolute.
Cum.1 He's as hard as a fell teadd ; Cum.4 n.Yks.1 He's bodden
a vast ; he wur a desput hard man iv's yowth. ' Thae's hard
lahtle chaps ; they heed it na mair an nowght ' ; of some young
boys who had had several teeth out without a cry or a wry face.
e.Yks. As hahd as a grund tooad, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 19.
w.Yks. (C.C.R.) ; ' It al mack uz hard, this will,' answered Polly,
TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann. (1852) 43. s.Chs.1 Aa-r yung
HARD
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Ben)z uz aa-rd Oz nee-lz; yfl mi run u pin in-tCi im fin ey wii)n-fl
shuwt [Ahr young Ben's as hard as neels ; y6 may run a pin into
him an hey wunna showt], nw.Der.1
Hence Hardness, sb. strength, applied to the voice.
n.Lin.1 'I sljpoted wi' all my hardness, that is, I called as load
as I could.
4. Big, strong, robust, well-grown ; growing, full-grown.
s.Cy. (HALL.) I.W.1 ' He's a gurt hard bwoy,' he's a strong
robust lad ; I.W.2 Dor. The youngest son hizzelf a hard bwoy o"
nine, Why John (Coll, L.L.B.) ; A ' hard boy ' means a boy of such
an age and stoutness as to be able to do almost or quite a man's
work, a boy from 16 to 19 years of age (O.P.C.) ; BARNES Gl.
(1863). Som. Hard people, adults, JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825) ; Full grown, as hard stock or sheep. Hardboy, a boy of
about 13 years old, W. & J. Gl. (1873) ; (W.F.R.) w.Som.1 The
word does not mean full-grown — it rather means growing. A
' hard boy ' is a most common description of a strong lad, fit to
work. So we hear of a ' hard colt,' ' hard slips ' (young pigs of
either sex), a ' hard maid' — this means a strong, growing lass.
Hence Hardish, adj. strong, robust, well-grown.
Wil. When I wur up a ardish bwoy, Rhymes, 5th S. 136;
(G.E.D.) Dor.1 When I'wer up a hardish lad, 254. Som. When
he was up a hardish lad, and without thought, RAYMOND Love and
Quiet Life ^1894) 207 ; Joseph Pierce ! whom he had known from
the first — who was up a hardish lad when he was a child, ib. Men
o Mendip (1898) iii.
5. Close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly ; covetous.
Per. We a' ken ye for a hard thrifty body at winna spend yer
ain, gin ye can finger ither folks, CLELAND Inchbracken (1883) 60,
ed. 1887. Ayr. As he grew up he was counted a hard man,
SERVICE Notandums (1890) 9. Lnk. I'm surely no so desperate
hard as a' that, ROY Generalship (ed. 1895) 120. Ir. I was never
much acquainted with the Donovans. I'm tould they're a hard
pack, that loves the money, CARLETON Fardorougha (1848) i.
N.I.1 n.Yks.4 He's a hard un ti bargain wi'. w.Yks. THOKESBY
Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.4
6. Of spirits: strong, undiluted, raw.
Abd. Ye're maybe jist as weel nae to meddle wi' the hard stuff
till your beard's a bit langer, GREIG Logic o' Buchan (1899) 10.
Ir. You must put a grain o' shugar an' a dhrop o' bilin' wather to
it. It may do very well hard for the servants, CARLETON Far-
dorougha (1848) i. N.I.1 [Aus. To those who are used to it cool
bitter beer goes well in any kind of weather. Anything is better
than the confounded hard stuff! BOLDREWOOD Colon. Reformer
^1890) I. viii.]
Hence Hard, sb. whisky, esp. in phr. the hard.
Inv. (H.E.F.) Lnk. Ne'er a sup o' saft or hard to drink But
ginger, lemonade, an' sic-like trash, COGHILL Poems (1890) 129.
7. Of ale or beer : sour, acid, sharp.
Sc. (A.W.) Lakel.2Thisyal'sashardasawhinstun. Cum.1 Wm.
T'leetnin' turned t'yal hard (B.K.I. n.Yks.1. w.Yks.1, Chs.1, s.Chs.1,
Der.2, nw.Der.1 n.Lin. ' This aale o' yours is uncommon hard. s.Lin.
The aale's gone that hard the men saa' they weant drink eny moore
on it (.T.H.RA Nhp.1 The beer is hard. War.3, Hnt (T.P.F.)
w.Som.1 Good hard cider's best to work by.
8. Half-drunk. Yks. (HALL.), w.Yks 4
9. A term used in fitting in joinery, masonry, &c. ; see
below.
Cal.1 Having certain inequalities of surface which prevent close
contactat parts. At such places the surfaces are said to be hard, i. e.
something must be pared off to make a perfect fit. Abd. When
two pieces of wood, &c. that are to be fitted together, are close at
one place and not at another, they are said to be hard where they
thus come into close contact (JAM.).
Hence Hard, sb. the place where two pieces of wood
join too closely together. Abd. (ib.)
10. Convex as opposed to concave.
w.Som.1 In planing a true surface, any convex part is said to be
hard ; if concave, 'slack.' nw.Dev.1 Used in mow-making in the
sense of convex. ' I zim the moo's purty hard jis' yur,' i. e. certain
sheaves project at this point.
11. adv. Of the wind : fiercely, strongly.
Sc. (A.W.) Lakel.2 When t'wind blows hard frae Stowgill eyast.
Cum.4, Yks. (J.W.)
12. Tightly, firmly, securely.
Sh.I. He put on his waescot, an' tied da tow o' his left rivlin a
corn harder, Sti. News (Aug. 7, 1897). e.Yks. NICHOLSON Flt-Sp.
(1889) 66.
13. Quickly, very fast.
N.I.1 Now run hard. e.Yks. NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 66
w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 Th' gress'll graw hard enif noo this sup o'
raain's cum'd. ne.Wor. He allus goes as "ard as 'e can tear
(J.W.P.). Cor. Then I up on my horse and galloped away as hard
as I could, BARING-GOULD Vicar (1876) vi.
14. Loudly, out loud ; aloud.
Dev. A farmer, on being asked to read through a document
before signing it, said to me, ' Must I read it hard ? ' Reports
Provinc. (1897) '• Speak harder for I can't hear you, ib. (1884) 20;
' Whot's Bet blazing about now, then ? ' ' Aw, I dawn't know ;
'tez the likes ov she tfi holly za 'ard's "er can,' HEWETT Peas. Sp.
(1892) 53 ; Dev.1 Than telling to hiszell, and bamby out hard, 2.
nw.Dev.' Spaik harder ; I can't yur ee.
15. Much.
n.Yks.4 It ficked that hard, whahl Ah c'u'dn't ho'd it. w.Yks.
(J.W.) Chs.3 Oo fretted very hard.
16. Obs. Too.
Hrf. ' Hard high,' too high. ' Hard low," too low, RAY (1691)
MS. add. (J.C.) 101.
17. sb. Fig. Difficulty, hardship, esp. in phr. to come
through the hard, to encounter difficulties, experience
adverse fortune.
Sc. (JAM.) Abd. A plain North-country bard, Who fain would
cripple thro' the hard, SHIRREFS Sale Calal. (1795) 3. Lnk. The
bits o' bairns run a great risk o' coming through the hard, ROY
Generalship (ed. 1895) 73.
Hence Hardship, sb. a difficulty, strait.
Sh.I. He was tellin me what a hardship he was in fir meal dis
year, afore he got it aff da eart, STEWART Tales (1892) 17.
18. pi. That part of boiled food which sticks to the pot ;
thin, hard cakes that come off the sides of a pot in which
porridge, &c. has been prepared. Also in form hardens.
Lnk. (JAM.)
19. pi. The calx of coal from a forge ; very hard iron
cinders. e.An.1, Suf.1, e.Suf. (F.H.)
20. A firm foreshore or gravelly landing-place in a
harbour or creek ; a wharf, landing-place.
Nhb. The ' Brotherly Love ' wis lyin on the hard at Alum House
Ham (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 Ess. Under the cliff was a good beach,
termed a ' hard,' BARING-GOULD Mehalah 1.1885: 3. Hmp.1 Cor.
Tarring of boats on the hard, PEARCE Inconsequent Lives, 22. [At
lour minutes to three the Cambridge crew left the Leander hard,
Standard (Mar. 28, 1887) 3.]
21. A hard patch of land in a marsh ; land bordering the
turf-moor marshes. Also used attrib.
Nhp.2 Applied in the fenny districts to those patches of land
which, from superior elevation, or other causes, remain hard and
dry during the winter season. Cmb. Leaving the hurds of Denny
Abbey upon the east, Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 129. Nrf. That
warn't no swamp mash, but a hard mash, EMERSON Son of Fens
1,1892) 197 ; The swan dearly loves a 'hard' covered with weed,
ib. Birds (ed. 1895) 215; (P.H.E.) [It consists of a flat, inter-
spersed with small elevations and hills, which, to distinguish from
the flat are called hard lands, STEPHENS Fa>mBk.(cd. 1849) 1.490.]
22. The stoned part of a road as distinguished from the
sides.
Lin. The middle of a road is ... called ' the hard ' to distinguish
it from the sides, which are not stoned. There was a trial at
Lincoln assizes concerning certain encroachments . . . made on a
highway. . . One chief matter in dispute was whether land had
been taken in within fifteen feet of the middle of the ' hard.' The
' hard ' is sometimes used to distinguish a raised footpath from the
rest of the highway. This however is uncommon, N. (f Q. (1881)
6th S. iv. 38. n.Lin.1
23. A small marble. Som. (HALL.)
24. pi. Torches made of rags dipped in tar.
Sc. When rags dipped in tar are employed [as torches] they are
called Hards, probably from the French, SCOTT Guy M. (1815)
xxvi, note.
HARD, see Earth, sb.1, Herd, sb.
HARDAH, sb. Cor.12 Elvan rock.
HARDEN, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Not. Lin.
Lei. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Also in forms hardest Sh.I. ;
hardin Sc. QAM.) Abd. Lakel.2 n.Yks. w.Yks.2; harding
n.Yks.14 ne. Yks.1 m. Yks.1 w.Yks.8; hardowSh.L; haren
Nhb.1; harn Sc. QAM.) Cai.1 N.Cy.1Nhb.1n.Yks.124m.Yks.1;
harran e.Fif. ; barren N.Cy/ ; hearn Nhb.1 ; herden
se.Wor.1 Shr.1 ; burden Lei.1 War.28 Wor. Shr.1 Hrf.2
|h)a'rdon, harn, h)srdin.] 1. Very coarse cloth made
HARDEN
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from the refuse or 'hards ' of flax and hemp ; sack-cloth.
Also used attrib. and Jig. See Hards.
Sh.I. Before the introduction of cotton goods, linen and hardow
were the only bed and body material in the house. Hardow cloth
was made from lint, very imperfectly dressed, a great portion of
the rind still adhering to the fibre, Sft. News (Aug. 7, 1897). ne.Sc.
With regard to the weather, the saw is : 'A harn Monanday
macks a linen week,' GREGOR Flk-Lore (1881) 149. Cai.1 Bnff.
Gallowses, Hams, Beet Hose . . . were ingeniously arranged,
GORDON Chron. Keith (1880) 74. Abd. His hardin sark as white 's
the driven snaw, Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 32- Frf- His bare
elbows were seen through his frockie o' harn, WATT Poet. Sketches
(1880) 54. Per. Seyin' sowens and spinnin' harn, SPENCE Poems
(1898) 142. e.Per. As coorse as Coupar harn (W.A.C. j. Fif.
Item — For harden to be jumps to them, £3 los. od., ANDREWS
Bygone Cli. Life (1899) 189. Dmb. Weel fed wi' brose and sarked
wi' harn, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 12. Ayr. Her cutty sark o'
Paisley harn, BURNS Tarn o' Shanter (1790) 1. 171. Lnk. A good
stock of harn and linen cloth, HAMILTON Poems (1865) 201. Edb.
Ye ne'er wad gat mair leave to skip On skin or harn, LIDDLE
Poems (1821) 51. Slk. A strong harn shirt, clean as a lily, CHR.
NORTH Nodes (ed. 1856) II. 337. n.Cy. GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.1
Nhb. BRAND Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1870) I. 208 ; Nhb.1 Sometimes applied
to a coarse thread. Dur.1 Lakel.1 Very rough and coarse linen
used in the last century for jackets and overcoats ; Lakel.2 n.Yks.
A bit 9 kuors harden maksgiudruftuils (W.H.) ; n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2
'A wide-setten harn appron,' a rough apron of open texture;
n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Wheer's my au'd hard'n appron ? e.Yks.1,
m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hawkin harden o'ther awn manifacter, LUCAS
Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 217 ; A rough harden apron is much
used by cottage housewives to cover up the dress, while working
(J.T.) ; w.Yks.12; w.Yks.5 A finer kind of canvass, of which
towels, aprons for house-work, and ' brats,' too, sometimes, are
made, &c. s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. THOMPSON Hist. Boston (1856)
709 ; Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Lei.1 War.2 Flower [flour] of England, fruit
of Spain, Met together in a storm of rain, A hempen shirt, and a
hurden cravat, If you're a wise man, tell me that, Old Riddle.
Ans. A plum-pudding; War.3 Wor. An undergarment, called in the
country language a ' hurden,' or 'hoggen' shirt, made of the coarsest
of the hemp, Wil. Arch. Mag. XXVI. 7. ne.Wor. (J.W.PO.se.Wor.1
Shr.1 The waiver's maden a nice piece o' 'uckaback of the 'erden
yorn — it'll do mighty well for the men's tablecloths. Hrf.2A hurden
mother isbetterthanagolden father [aroughhard-workingmother].
Hence Harn'd, adj. made of strong coarse linen.
Rnf. Hetook hisweelharn'd weddin'sark,BARRPo««,s(i86i)5o.
2. Comp. (i) Harden- or Harn-brat, a long pinafore or
outer garment made of ' harden ' or coarse hempen cloth ;
(2) -cloth, a coarse hempen cloth used in wrapping bales,
&c- ! (3) -gown, a sackcloth or coarse linen garment worn
as a penitent's gown; see below; (4) -jacket, (a) a loose
and light jacket worn over the shirt when stripped for
work ; (b) a top shirt made of coarse linen ; (5) -kytle, a
loose jacket worn by girls when employed in tending
cattle or in outdoor work ; (6) -pock or -poke, a bag or
sack made of coarse cloth ; (7) -sark, (a) a coarse linen
or hempen shirt ; (b) a kind of overall made of coarse
linen ; (8) -wab, a web of coarse cloth.
(i) Lakel.2 m.Yks.1 A harding brat, hempen pinafore ; or a
long outer garment of the kind, with or without sleeves, and only
seen in town districts. (2) Cum. The Cumberland clergyman in
former times received as part of his remuneration a ' sark of
harden cloth,' SULLIVAN Cum.andWm. (1857) 87; Cum.4 Not much
used now. Wm. Shirts of this cloth were apt to make too free
with the skin, from their natural inflexibility. To render them a
little more tractable and kindly, they were taken to some neighbour-
ing brook, where there was a battling stone : . . being steeped in
the water, were laid in folds upon the stone, and beat with a
battling wood, Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 291. (3) Sc. An offender,
judged to perform a public penance on this [repentance] stool,
was first clothed in an appropriate habit, the Scottish representa-
tive of the traditional white sheet, which consisted of a cloak of
coarse linen, known as the ' harden goun,' the ' harn goun,' or
the 'sack goun,' ANDREWS Bygone Ch. Life (1899) in; The
' sacken sark' had a variety of names, such as the ' harden gown,'
the ' sack gown,' the ' harn gown,' and ' the linen.' Each parish
was supposed to have one of these habits, GRAHAM Writings
(1883). (4, 5) Cum.14 (6) Per. (W.A.C.) e.Fif. Drawin' frae
his oxter pouch a dirty harran-poke, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) iv.
Lin. The mice charmed the harden poke and let out the chisels,
MILLER & SKERTCHLY Fenland (1878) iv. (7, a) Sc. The hard
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harn sark plaid clash between his legs like a wet dish clout,
GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 37 ; The whole front of his pure
white harn sark, OCHILTREE Redburn (1895) ii. Sh.I. Perhaps
very few people living in this Diamond Jubilee Year, have ever
seen a hardest sark, Sh. News (Aug. 7, 1897). Or.I. The limpet
bro' began to rin Atween his harn sark an' his skin, Paety Toral
(1880) 1. 100, in ELLIS /Vo«««ir. (1889) V. 800. Kcd. Wi' naething
save his harn sark Upon his dreepin' back, GRANT Lays (1884) 4.
(A) Dur.1, Lakel.1 Cum. Originally the Westcote priest had been
paid by ' clog-shoon, harden-sark,whittle-gait,and guse-gait,' LINTON
Lizzie Lorton (1867) xiv. (8) w.Sc. Every sparge that gaed frae
my fit was like a harn-wab, CARRICK Laird of Logan (1835) 162.
3. The tarred tow or oakum used for caulking the seams
of ships. Nhb.1
HARDEN, v. and adj. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks.
Lan. Stf. Lin. War. Shr. Hrf. Oxf. Brks. Also in forms
hairnCum.14; harn N.I.1 Uls. Cum.14; haurn Sc. QAM.);
hurden War.24 s.War.1 Oxf. Brks. 1. v. To be obdurate,
incorrigible. Used in pass.
m.Yks.1 A motherwill exclaim, on observing a toddling child dip-
ping its fingers in a cream-bowl,' He's hardened to the haft.' s.Stf.
Yo' ca' talk him o'er, he's tu hardened, PINNOCK Blk. Cy.Ann. ( 1895) .
Hence Hardened,///, adj. used as a term of reproach.
m.Yks.1 Very common in opprobrium. ' Thou harden'd thief."
w.Yks. (J.W.), Oxf. (G.O.)
2. To encourage, incite, urge on. Gen. with on or up.
Also used reflex.
n.Yks.Thoo harden'd om on (T.S.) ; n.Yks.1 ' He hardened him
on tiv it '; of a person reluctant or afraid to act, but encouraged
by another to the venture. ' Poor lahtle chap ! he ommost brak'
out when tahm cam' te gan i' airnest ; but he hardened hissel'
oop an niver grat nae mair an nowght ; n.Yks.2 ; n.Yks.4 Ah
deean't leyke t'job, bud Ah s'all a'e ti harden mysel til 't. ne.Yks.1
He hardened hissen up at last. He's awlus hardenin 'em on intiv
a mischief. e.Yks. When lads was fightin, Tom harden'd em on
all he could, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 66. w.Yks. They're ready
enough abaht hard'nin 'em on, BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865; ; w.Yks.2
Lan. Hardenin me on to make a bigger foo of misel, CLEGG
Sketches (1895) 472. sw.Lin.1 They harden one another on.
George kep' hardening on him on to come.
3. To roast on the embers ; to toast bread on a griddle.
Sc. Oh to be haurning bread at my aunt's hearthstane, Blackw.
Mag. ^May 1820, 165 (JAM.). Bwk. Knuckled Cakes . . . haurned,
or havered [toasted] on the decayed embers of the fire, HENDER-
SON Pop. Rhymes (1856) 66. Slk. She . . . has a gift at haurning
bread, HOGG Tales (1838) 282, ed. 1866. Dmf. Knuckled cakes,
made of meal, warm from the mill, haurned on the decayed embers
of the fire, and smeared with honey, CROMEK Remains (1810)
337; A common term in Nithsdale (JAM/,. N.I.1 Uls. Hardening
bread, cooking it against the mudyarn before the fire, or on a
griddle, Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1853-1862) V. 99.
4. To dry or air clothes, &c., by holding them to the fire,
or by hanging them out in the open air.
Cum.14, ne.Lan.1 Shr.1 Mind as yo' 'ard'n them things afore
yo' putten 'em away; Shr.2 Shr., Hrf. BOUND Provinc. (1876).
Oxf. ' Harden ' is com. used on days which are not good for dry-
ing. ' I think I will hang the clothes out : if it don't dry it will harden
them.' Clothes are not dry when hardened : just the worst of the
wet taken out of them. The drying is completed by hanging them
in front of a fire (G.O.) ; Oxf.1 'Ang the things out, Nancy; if it
dun't wet um '11 'arden, MS. add.
5. Of the weather : to clear up and become settled after
rain. Gen. with out or up.
Cai.1 Bnff.1 We've hid eneuch o' rain noo. A howp it'll
harden up. n.Yks. I think it will harden out innoo (I.W.) ;
n.Yks.1 ' It's to be hoped 't will harden out ' ; said when a rainy
fit in harvest-time appeared to be likely to giveway to fair weather;
n.Yks.2 'The day will harden out,' the rain will keep off. ' We
want t'weather te harden up a bit,' to become dry ; n.Yks.4 It's
neea ewse to'ning t'hay, whahl it hardens up a bit. ne.Yks.1 It'll
a'e ti harden oot afoor wa git onny matters o' sun. w.Yks.
(C.C.R.), w.Yks.3
Hence Hardening of the drouth, phr. a continuance or
settlement of dry weather.
Cld. This term is used by country people, when, during a time
of drouth, a dull threatening day has become clear and settled :
It was jist a hardenin' o' the drouth ' (JAM.).
6. Of prices : to advance, grow dear, heighten.
Sc.(A.W.) n.Cy. BAILEY (1721); GROSE (1790); N.Cy.1 ; N.Cy.2
The market hardens,' things grow dear. Nhb.1 w.Yks.1 T'corn
K
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rayther hardens; w.Yks.8 'Wheat's hard'ning agean ah reckon,' —
getting up again I suppose.
7. arf/.CbwA.(i)Harden-face,a bold, brazen-faced person;
(2) -faced, (a) impertinent, brazen-faced; hard-hearted;
(b) oftheweather: threatening,lowering,gloomy,unsettled.
(i) m.Yks.1 ,2, a) n.Yks.2 'A harden-faced fellow,' a delin-
quent without showing signs of repentance. m.Yks.1 Thou
harden'-faced brute ! — thou's no pity in thee ! Lin. STREATFEILD
Liu. and Danes (1884) 336. n.Lin.* A harden-faaced huzzy.
s.Lln. Yah'd better mind, or I'll gi'e you a taaste o' my strap, yah
young harden-faSced rascal. He's a harden-faaced skin-flint
(T.H.R.). (A) n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 The sky looks a harden-faced
look ; n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1
8. Of the weather : windy, drying ; cold, bleak.
War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 13, 1897) ; War.24 s.War.1 It's
hurden weather now. Oxf. It is such hurden weather (M.A.R.).
Brks. (W.H.Y.)
HARDENING, vbl. sb. Chs.1 Same as Basoning (q.v.).
HARDENS, sb. pi. Bdf. Small pieces of sward at the
ends of ploughed land, on which the horses turn.
BATCHELOR Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 135.
HARDESS, sb. Irel. The hard-twisted and gummed
silk thread usedfornetting. Ant. GROSE ( 1790) MS. add. (C.)
HARDEST, see Harden, sb.
HARDFULLY, adv. Cum. Industriously.
Cum.1 He gits his leevin reel hardfully ; Cum.4
HARD-HEAD(S, sb. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. 1. A boys' game ; see below. Cf. hardy-nut.
w.Yks. Two lads have each a chestnut, or a cork, strung on a
string, and take alternate turns at striking at each other's chestnut
with a view to breaking it (H.L.).
2. A hard felt hat.
Der. The miller's Sunday hard-head was on its proper hook,
GUSHING Voe (1888) II. iii.
3. A hard cinder found in furnaces. Also called crozzil
(q.v.). w.Yks.8 4. The refuse of tin after smelting. Cor.12
5. A small coin of mixed metal.
Sc. An ancient Scotch coin value three pennies Scotch or one
farthing Engl. (De Cardonnel's Numism. Scotiae), GROSE (1790)^/5.
add. (C.) Ayr. Bonnet Pieces, Testoons, Hard Heads or Non
Sunts, and Bawbees, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 68.
6. The grey gurnard, Trig/a gurnardus.
Fif. NEILL Fishes (1810) 14 i JAM.). [ SATCHELL (1879).]
7. A kind of sea-scorpion, prob. the fatherlasher, Coitus
scorpius.
Fif. Scorpius major noslras; our fishers called it Hard-head,
SlBBALD Hist. Fif. (1803) 128 (JAM.).
8. The lake-trout, Salmo lacnstris.
Cum. We conjecture that this is the fish called in the Lakes of
Derwent, Bassenthwaite, &c.,Hard Head, HUTCHINSON Hist. Cum.
(X794) '• 46°; Cum.1 ; Cum.4 A large (out-grown) kind of trout
found in the Esk, Irt, Mite, Bleng and Calder rivers. It has also
been caught in Wastwater.
9. The black knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
Nhb.1 Called also 'horse-nobs.' Cum.4, w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.),
w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1, Chs.1, s.Chs.1, n.Lin.1, Wor. (J.R.W.) Shr.
Why it brings nowt but snizzle grass and hardyeds, Science Gossip
( 1870) 337 ; Shr.1 The hard globose heads of Centaurea nigra, black
Knapweed. s.Ptm. (W.M.M.\ Glo.1, Wil.1 Wil., Dor. Hard-
heads ... is at Lyneham and Whitchurch given to the Knapweeds,
Sarum Dioc. Gazette (Jan. 1891) 14, col. 3. Dor. (G.E.D.), Cor.12
10. The greater knapweed, Centaurea Scabiosa. Glo.1
11. The plantain, Plantago major and P. lanceolata.
w.Yks. (W.M.E.F.) ne-Lan.1 The seed-heads of plantain.
Wor. (J.R.W.) Wil. Spear-plantain ... the Hawkchurch name
of the plant [is] Hard-heads, Sarum Dioc. Gazette (Jan. 1801) 14,
col. a. Dor. (G.E.D.), Dev.4, Cor.12
12. The sneeze-wort, Achillea Ptarmica. Ayr. Agric.
Surv. 675 (JAM.).
13. The scabious, Scabiosa Succisa. Lan.* 14. The corn-
cockle, Lychnis Githago. Nhb. (B. & H.) 15. The cow-
parsnip, Heracleum Sphondylium. Glo.1
16. A large, sour apple.
Lakel.2 Sowen gurt apples, an' as hard as granite.
HARDISHE, sb. Obs. Wxf.1 A thing.
O hardlshe o' anoor [One thing or another].
HARDISHREW, -STRAW, -STROW, HARDLE, see
Harvest-shrew, Harl.
HARDLEYS, adv. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Also written
hardlies Sc. QAM. Suppl.) Nhb.1 ; bardlys Nhb. m.Yks.1 ;
and in forms hadleys n.Cy. (HALL.) ; hairly, barleys
Cum.14 Hardly, scarcely. Cf. hardlings.
Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) n.Cy. (HALL.), N.Cy.1 Nhb. Thoo's hardlys
sae mazed, eftherarl, or thoo wouldn't could ha'thowt on,S. Tyne-
dale Stud. (1896) Robbie Armstrong; Nhb.1 He'd hardlies getten
there when it happened. Ye's hardlies catch the train, aa doot.
Cum. He hardleys can grease his awn clogs, ANDERSON Ballads
(1805) 92; Cum.1; Cum.4 Tekin to keepin' another man's bairn,
when he can arlies keep hissel, Rosenthal, 15. m.Yks.1 I was that
tired I could hardlys step a foot.
HARDLINGS, adv. n.Cy. Dur. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Stf.
Not. Lin. Also in forms ardlins Yks. ; haadlinse.Yks.1 ;
hadlins n.Cy. (HALL.); hardlins Dur.1 Lakel.2 n.Yks.2
e.Yks. w.Yks.1 Stf. Not. n.Lin. [h)a-rd-, h)a'dlinz.]
Hardly, scarcely.
n.Cy. (HALL/, Dur.1, Lakel.2 Cum. Ah'm hardlings worth
savin'; Ah ken that, CLARE Rise of River (1897) 199; My hand
can hardlins find it, GILPIN Pop. Poetry (1875) 55. n.Yks.
Noo, my lad, thoo asn't ardlins iver seen ony partridges this
mornin ommost? FRANK Fishing (1894) 30; Ah hardlins knew
how te git yam efter't, TWEDDELL Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 36;
n.Yks.124, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. His ayms began ti wahk, whahl he
cud hardlins bahd, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. Vi889) 36; e.Yks.1 Ah
can haadlins crammle [crawl] alang. w.Yks. Aw can hardlins
beleeve mi awn een, HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1874) Pref. ; Ha doant
naw ha foaks cud help it ardlins, ROGERS Nan Bunt (1839) a •
w.Yks.1; w.Yks.5 Av hardlings gotten 't done yet. Its hardlings
the thing ; hamsumivver lehr it goa ! Stf. I can hardlins move
aboutattimes, FLETCHER l^apcntake (1895)23; Common near New-
7~<i/«(i886) 77; n.Lin.1 Ther's hardlin'stime to catch th'packitnoo.
HARDLY, adj. Yks. Lan. Hardy, robust, strong; hard.
w.Yks. She was a very hardly woman, she used to come and
scold at my mother when she was laid up with her headache and
say, ' What, gurning [crying, shirking] again ' (E.L.) ; (C.C.R.)
Lan. Being of a fresh complexion and not very hardly, 'twas much
to be questioned whether the cittie aire would agree with her,
Life A. Martindale (1685) 6, ed. 1845.
HARDOW, see Harden, sb.
HARDS, sb.pl. Sc.Yks.Chs. Midi. Stf. Der. Not. Lin. Lei.
War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Rdn. e.An. AlsoinformsherdesShr.1;
herds nw.Der.1 War.2 w.Wor.1 se.Wor.1 Hrf.2 ; huerds
Chs.1 ; hurds Yks. Stf. (K.) Lei.1 War.23 s.Wor. Shr.1 Rdn.1
Nrf. [hardz, h)adz,adz.] The coarse refuse of flax or hemp,
tow ; the worked fibre of flax or hemp. Rarely in sniff.
Sc. (jAM.^Cai.1 Kcd. She held the herd on the beam, And gar 'd
the treddles ply, JAMIE Muse ,18441 135. Yks. (K.) w.Yks. Rags
from closely woven cloth, that is of the kind gen. worn by men
M.F.); w.Yks.24 Chs.iNovvcalledyerds. Midi., Stf. (K.) nw.Der.1,
"Not.2, n.Lin.', Lei.1, War.2", w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.), se.Wor.1
Shr.Thesmall pieces of coarse matted linen used to stuff mattresses,
the refuse of flax or hemp, the unravelling of twine, BOUND Provinc.
^1876; ; Shr.1 Obsol. Hrf.2, Rdn.1, e.An.1 Nrf. GROSE (1790).
[Hyrdys or herdys of flax or hempe, stuppa, Prompt. ;
A sukkenye That not of hempene herdes was, CHAUCER
R. Rose, 1233. OE. heordan (Corpus Gl.).}
HARDY, adj. and sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks.
Stf. 1. adj. In comb, (i) Hardy-earnest, downright
earnest ; (2) -nut, a boys' game ; see below.
(I) s.Dur. He's in hardy-earnest (J.E.D.). (2) Nhb.1 A boyish
game played with nuts pierced with a hole for a string. Each
alternately aims a blow at his opponent's nut so as to break it.
2. Strong,robust,ofastrongconstitution; brave, enduring.
Abd. Mary was never jist fat you wud ca' unco hardy, ALEX-
ANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 34. Frf. 'Ay, she's hardy,' agreed the
town, ' but it's better, maybe, for hersel',' BARRIE Tommy (1896)
368. w.Yks. Applied to one who is resolute and intrepid, or
inured to fatigue (C.C.R.).
Hence Hardiness, sb. bravery, endurance.
Fif. Eschew the feats and wark divine O' hardiness and weir,
TENNANT Papistry (1837) 172.
3. Frosty. Sc. (AW.) N.I.1 It's a hardy mornin'.
4. sb. pi. Broken stones, used as road metal.
N.I.1 ' Nappin' hardies.1 breaking stones.
5. A clay marble having a bright surface. Cum.4
HARDY-MOUSE
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6. A tool used in making nails by hand.
s.Stf. Somebry had stole my hardy soo I couldner work, PIN-
NOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895).
7. A fixed, shouldered chisel, placed upright in a square
hole in a blacksmith's anvil, upon which he cuts hot iron.
Nhb.1 Dur. GIBSON Up-Weardale Gl. (1870). w Yks.2
HARDY-MOUSE, sb. Nhp.1 The shrew-mouse, Mus
araneus. See Harvest-shrew.
HARE, sb.1 Van dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also
in form ar- Shr.1 1. In comb, (i) Hare-bell, (a) the wild
hyacinth, Scilla nutans; (b) the bluebell, Campanula
rotundifolia ; (2) -bouk, the body of a hare ; (3) -'s-foot,
the cotton-grass, Eriophorum vaginatum ; (4) -'s-foot
clover, the trefoil, Trifolium arvense ; (5) -'s-foot fern, the
Killarneyfern, Trichomanesradicans; (6) -gate, an opening
in a hedge, sufficient for the passage of hares ; (7) -hole, a
pitfall dugin the run of a hare; (8) -'s-meat, the wood-sorrel,
OxalisAcetosella; (g)-nut,theearth-nut,BuniumjfIexuosum ;
(10) -parsley, the cow- parsley, A nthriscus sylveslris ; (n)
•pied, resembling the colour of a hare; (12) -scaled, having
a-cleft or hare-lip ; (13) -scart, (14) -sha, (15) -shard, (16)
-shaw, (17) -shed, (18) -shie, (19) -shore, a hare-lip; (20)
shorn or-shawn, (21) -shotten, see ( 12) ; (22) -skart. see
(!9) ! (23) -smoot, see (6) ; (24) -snickle, a trap for hares.
(i, a) Ldd. (B. & H.), Dev." (l>) Abd. The daisy white and
harebells blue, CADENHEAD Bon Accord (1853) in. Per. The
modest primrose set in green, And bonnie harebell blue, EDWARDS
Stmthcarn Lyrics (1889) 50. Rnf. The bonnie harebell, that's fan'd
by the breeze, ALLAN Poems (1836) 78. Bwk. The hinmaist hare-
bell rings a knell For faded comrades, ance sae blue, CHISHOLM
Poems (1879) 35. Gall. Harebells blooming bonnie, O, NICHOLSON
Poet. Wks. (1814) 182, cd. 1897. ne.Yks., w.Chs. (B. & H.) Lan.
N. if Q. (1869) 4th S. iii. 469. (a) s.Sc. The poor man cou'd have
ment a meal Wi' a hare-bouk or sa'mon tail, T. SCOTT Poems
('793) 329- (3) w.Yks. LEES Flora (1888) 457. (4) w.Som.l (5)
Ker. (6) Lan. The hedge on each side was full of holes and ' hare-
gates,' and tunnels, and runs, WAUGH Chim. Comer (1874 5,
ed. 1879; Lan.1 ' He knows both th' hare an' th' hare-gate,' i.e.
he knows both the hare, and the way the hare runs— a proverbial
saying commonly applied to a person who is supposed to be
thoroughly acquainted with any particular matter. (7) Ir. There
was Mrs. Rooney up to her arm-pits in a hare-hole, Paddiana
(ed. 1848) I. 86. (8) Cor.12 (9) Wxf.1 Zim dellen harnothes
w'aar nize [Some digging earth-nuts with their noses], 86. w.Yks.
He'll use it for diggin" up harenuts, HARTLEY Lunctun, 93 ;
THORESBY Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.2*, e.Lan.1 Dor. Hares arc fond of
its green leaves, w.Gasctte (Feb. 15, 1889) 7, col. i. (10) Som.
Sprinklen' the hare parsley with dewdrops, LEITH Verbena (1895)
98. (n) Dev. Hare-pied in colour. Mem. Rev. J. Russell (1883)
283. (12) w.Yks.3 (13' N.I.1 Ant. ' Ballytttena Obs. (1892). (14)
Nhb. I cursed the deep scheeming o' hare-sha'-lip'd Nan, PROUD-
LOCK Borderland Muse (1896) 35. (15, 16) Sc. (JAM.) (17) Nhb.1
(18) Sc. He tell'd me too that my wee namedochter had gotten a
harshie lip, WHITEHEAD Daft Davie (1876) 221, ed. 1894. (19)
se.Wor.1 (20) e.Lan.1 Chs.1 Oi could na mak aht a word he said,
for he's hare-shawn. Not.1, Lei.1, War.2, Shr.1 (21) Shr. If a
hare crosses the path of a woman with child, she must instantly
stoop down and tear her shift, or her child will have a hare-lip —
an ' ar-shotten ' lip, as it is called in the Clun Forest neighbour-
hood, BURNE Flk-Lore (1883) 213; Shr.1 (22) Rnf. QAM.) (23)
n.Yks.2 (24^ w.Yks. Patridge-nets, hare-snickles, burd-caiges,
pumils, &c., TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Thowts (1845) 39.
2. Phr. (i) to make a hare of a man, to get the better of,
overcome in argument, &c. ; (2) not to care whether the dog
catch the hare or the hare catch the dog, said of a person who
is utterly thoughtless or reckless of consequences.
(i) Ir. If you had hard Mat and Frahzcr the other evening at it.
What a hare Mat made of him '. CARLETON Traits Peas. (ed. 1843)
I. 272. (2) w.Yks.1
HARE, sb.2 Irel. Der. 1. The last handful of growing
corn cut at harvest. Also called churn (q.v.).
N.I.1 Der.1 The finishing the cutting of the corn they call getting
the hare. Obs.
2. Comp. Hare-supper, a supper given to the servants
and labourers when the harvest is got in. Der.12, nw.Der.1
HARE, v. Obs. Oxf. s.Cy. To tease, harass, make
wild ; to frighten.
Oxf. You hared me out of my wits (K.). s.Cy. RAY (1691);
GROSE (1790). [To hare one,perterrefaa'o, COLES (1679).]
HARE-HUNT, sb. Dev. See below.
A stag and a hare hunt are the rude means employed by a village
community for maintaining its standard of morals or expressing its
disapprobation of petticoat rule. . . The hare-hunt, now extinct,
was intended to ridicule the man who submitted to a rough woman's
tongue, BARING-GOULD Red Spider (1887) xxiv; The hunt ends
with the stag or hare, one or the other, being fagged out, and
thrown at the door of the house whose inmates' conduct has
occasioned the stag or hare hunt. . . If the hunt be that of a hare
the pretence is— or was— made of knocking it on the head, ib. xxvi.
HAREY, see Hairy.
HARFISH, sb. Pern, [a-fif.] The razor-fish, Ensis
Slhqua. s.Pem. LAWS Little Eng. (1888) 420.
HARG, v. Hmp.1 Same as Argue, v. (q.v.)
HARIE, see Harry, sb.1
HARIGALD, sb. Sc. In phr. Head and harigald
money ; see below.
They [the colliers and sailers] esteemed the interest taken in
their freedom to be a mere decree on the part of the proprietors
to get rid of what they called head and harigald money, payable
to them when a female of their number, by bearing a child, made
an addition to the live stock of their master's property, SCOTT Redg.
(1824) xxi, note E.
HARIGALDS, sb. pi. Sc. Also in forms haricles (JAM.)
Ayr. ; harigals Ayr. ; harigells Edb. ; harragles Dmb. ;
harrigals Gall, [ha'ri-, ha'raglz.] 1. The viscera or
pluck of an animal.
Sc. He that never eats flesh thinks harigalds a feast, RAMSAY
Prov. (1737); The dowg's awa'wi'the head and harrigals, HISLOP
Anecdote (1874) 168. Dmb. Ye're no rinnin the same risk o'
getting a swurd in yer kyte or a ball through yer harragles, CROSS
Disruption (1844) xxxvii. Ayr. The head and harigals of the sheep
. . . were served up, GALT Entail ( 1823) vii ; Wha likit could gang
for the rest o' the slot, The lieid, feet, an' haricles, LAING Poems
(1894) no. Gall. May they burn back and front, ingate and out-
gate, hide, hair, and harrigals, CROCKETT Standard Bearer ( 1898) 301.
2. Fig. Locks of hair.
Sc. Used metaph. and ludicrously ; being applied to the tearing
of one's hair, a rough handling, &c. (JAM.) Lnk. I think I've
towzl'd his harigalds a wee, RAMSAY Gentle Shep. ',1725) 87, ed.
1783. Edb. Madge ance Bauldy sent away With touzlcd harigells,
Carlop Green (1793) in, ed. 1817. Slk. Scowder their harigalds,
De'ils wi' a bleery, HOGG Talcs (1838) 17, ed. 1866.
HARISHER, sb. Nhb.1 A large quantity; used to
express number in disarrangement.
HARK, v. and sb.1 Sc. Irel. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Stf. Not.
Lin. Lei. War. Won Shr. Wai. Hrt. Nrf. Ken. Som. Dev.
Cor. Amcr. Also in forms ack w.Yks.2 ; ak Hrt. ; heark
Won [h)ark, ak.] 1. v. To listen, hearken.
Frf. To his master's council harkit, An' wagged his tail, SMART
Rhymes( 1834)118. Ayr. Had I to guid advice but harkit, BuRNsK('s(b«,
St. 5. Lakel.2 Harks-ta at that noo, is that thunner? Cum. Gl. (1851).
n.Yks. ' Harks theh,' listen, pay attention (T.S.) ; n.Yks.4 ' Hark ya,'
hearyou! listen! ne.Yks.1 'Hark yer,' sometimes repeated, as 'just
fancy that.' w.Yks.2 Ack thee, Tom, what's that? Lin. Hark at
him! . . . young squire ar'n't going to eat any more bacon, 'cause
it's cruel to kill the pigs, FENN Dick o' the Fens (1888) vii. Hrt.
Seldom used except in the imperative, CUSSANS Hist. Hrt. ^1879-81)
III. 320. Som. Speak her will, an' it d' be thy bounden duty
t'hark t'her, LEITH Verbena (1895) 78. w.Som.1 I cant never
abear to hark to jis stuff. Don't you harky to he. Cor.1 1 wouldn't
hark to her nonsense.
Hence (i) Harker, sb. a listener ; (2) Harky, int. listen,
hark!
(i) Sc. Still commonly used in the prov. 'Harkers never heard
a gude word of themselves' QAM.). (2) w.Yks. (C.C.R.), Ken.
(G.B.), Ken.1
2. Phr. hark the robbers, a children's game ; see below.
Ir. The Belfast version is practically the same [as the Deptford
one] except that the verses are not sung as a dialogue, but by all the
players together, and the prisoner, when caught, has the choice
of sides, by being asked ' Which will you have, a golden apple or
golden pear?' GOMME Games (1894) 197. w.Yks. ib. 196. Shr.
The first six verses are sung by the alternate parties, who advance
and retire tramping their feet, at first, to imitate the robbers. The
last verse is sung altogether going round in a ring, ib. 198. Nrf.
Two girls take hold of hands, and another, the prisoner, stands
between them. The rest form themselves into a line opposite, and
advance and retreat while singing the first verse, the gaolers
K 2
HARK
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HARL(E
singing the next verse, and so on alternately, Hi. Ken. In the
Deptford version two girls join hands, holding them up as an arch
for the other players to tramp through. The first two verses are
sung first by one and then by the other of the- two girls. At the
finish of these the girl then going through the arch is stopped, and
the third, fourth, and fifth verses are sung by the two girls
alternately. Then finally both girls sing the last verse, and the
child is sent as prisoner behind one or other of the two girls. . .
The two sides thus formed then proceeded to tug against each
other, and the strongest side wins the game, ib. 197 ; In the Shipley
version, the children form themselves into two lines, while two
or three, representing the robbers, swagger along between them.
When the robbers sing the last verse they should have attained
the end of the lines of children, as during the parley they were
safe ; having pronounced the defiance they run away. The
children in the lines rush after them, and should catch them and
put them in prison, ib. 198. [For further details see GOMME ib.
193-199.]
3. To look out ; to make inquiries. Stf.1 Cf. hearken.
4. To smell.
s.Wal. I was once invited by a South Wales collier to ' Hark
that smell !' (T.C.P.)
5. With back: to retrace one's steps; to go back and
try again.
n.Yks.4, w.Yks.2, Not.1, Lei.1 War. My memory harks back,
Midi. Counties Herald(Dec. 31, 1896) ; War.3 Wor. You've read too
fur, you must hark back a bit (J.W.P.). w.Som.'The phr. is taken
from hunting talk, when if the hounds lose the scent they are
made to hark-back, i. e. go back to a spot where they had the
scent, and try to get it again ; in fox-hunting more gen. they have
to ' hark-forard.' Dev. Hark back, Tancred ! Tarquin ! Tarquin !
hark back! WHYTE-MELVILLE Katerfelio (1875) xxii ; We must
hark back a good many years, O'NEILL Dimpses (1893) 61. [Amer.
Dial. Notes (1896) I. 389.]
6. To whisper ; to guess. Cf. hearken.
Sc. Bob harked in the young laird's lug, PENNECUIK Collection
(1787) 44. Sh.I. I laached, an harkit ' Tanks,' BURGESS Rasntie
(1892) 25. Cai.1 Bch. Then whispering low to me she harked,
FORBES Dominie (1785) 38. Fif. Tho' I hark it in your lug, Ye
needna tak' offence, DOUGLAS Poems (1806) 51. Edb. He said to
me, — it's bawdy, I had best hark it, PENNECUIK Tiiiklarian (ed. 1810)
6. Cum. While to a corner snug I git, And kiss and hark wi'
Sally, RELPH Misc. Poems (1743) 118 ; Fwok harkt an' guesst an'
guesst agean, GILPIN Sngs. (1866) 278; Cum.4 Obsol.
Hence Harking, vbl. sb. a whispering.
Sh.I. Yon's da end o' your harkin' i" Friday night, S/i. News
(May 29, 1897).
7. sb. Phr. on the hark, on the watch, look out, qui vive.
Wor. Thedoghasbeenonthehearkforyouforsometime(W.A.S.).
8. A whisper ; a secret wish or desire.
Slk. Take heart till I tell you the hark of my mind, HOGG Poems
(ed. 1865^ 287. Rxb. (JAM.) Gall. To crown a' his hopes in a
hurry, She haflins said aye in a hark, NICHOLSON Poet. Wks.
(1814) 195, ed. 1897.
HARK, sb.2 Ess. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] In phr. to come down with a hark, to come
down with a run, to fall suddenly.
An old woman who had had a fall, said, ' I came down with
a hark' (S.P.H.).
HARKANY, sb. e-An.1 [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] A job. ' I have finished my harkany.'
HARKAUDIENCE, sb. n.Lin.1 An accordion.
HARKIE, sb. Sh.I. [ha'rki.] A pig ; a boar-pig.
JAKOBSEN Norsk in Shell. (1897) 91 ; S. & Ork.1
[Cogn. w. Norw. dial, hark, a rattling sound in the throat,
a grunt (AASEN).]
HARKLE, v. Nhp.1 Also in form hartle. To make
an incision in one hind-leg of a hare or rabbit, that the
other may be insinuated for the purpose of suspension.
See Harl, v. 3 ; cf. hock, v.1 5.
HARL, v. and sb. Lin. Oxf. Brks. Hmp. I.W. Wil.
Dor. Som. Also in forms hardle Wil.1 Som. Dor. ; haul
Hmp.1; horl I.W. [51, a-dl.] 1. v. To entangle; to
become knotted or entangled. Also with up.
Brks. Gl. (1852) ; Brks.1, Hmp. (J.R.W.), Hmp.1 I.W. Also
to be crowded up by superabundance of anything, so that one
hardly knows how to get out of the tangle (J.D.R.); I.W.1; I.W.2
The keert rope es all harled up. Wil.1 Dor. BARNES Gl (1863 ;
Gl. (1851).
2. Fig. To be in a state of confusion or perplexity.
Also with up.
I.W. In the vain attempt to be in five places at once, . . the land-
lady became ' that harled,' as she expressed it, GRAY Annesley
(1889) I. 240 ; I'm that harled up with so many about, ib. Dean
Maitlanii, 107. Dor. (G.E.D.)
3. To couple the hind-legs of a rabbit by threading one leg
through the ham-string of the other. Cf. harkle.
n.Lin.1 w.Cy. GROSE (1790). Wil. The keeper's boy . . . has
imbibed all the ways of the woods, and is an adept at everything,
from ' harling' a rabbit upwards. . . It is done by passing the blade
of the knife between the bone of the thigh and the great sinew —
where there is nothing but skin— and then thrusting the other
foot through the hole made. The rabbit . . . can then be con-
veniently carried by the loop thus formed, or slung on a stick,
JEFFERIES Gamekeeper (1887) 35 ; Wil.1
4. sb. A confused, tangled mass ; an entanglement ; a
state of confusion.
Brks.1 If 'e dwoant mind thee 'ooll get that string in a harl.
Hmp. That thread of silk is all in a harl, HOLLOWAY ; Hmp.1 ' It's
all in a haul.' Spoken of entangled yarn, cotton, &c. I.W.
(J.D.R.); I.W.1; I.W.2 I never vound things in such a harl in my
life. Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; SLOW Gl. (1892); Wil.1 The
thread be aal in a harl. His hair is all in a harl. Som. SWEET-
MAN IVincanton Gl. (1885).
5. Fig. A state of great excitement.
n.Lin.1 Jimmy H is e'such 'n a liarl as niver was aboot this
here jewbilee.
6. A couple and a half of hounds ; three hounds, beagles,
&c. Oxf. (K.), (HALL.)
7. The hock of a sheep; the hough of a cow or cart-horse.
Hmp. WISE New Forest (1883) 283 ; (H.E.) ; Hmp.1
Hence Harlens, sb. pi. the hock-joints of a cow.
I.W.2 The wold cows got stuck in the keert loose up over their
harlens.
[1. pe hasel & |>e haj-borne were harled al samen,
Gawatne (c. 1360) 744.]
HARLAN, sb. Irel. The fresh-water duck, the pintail,
Dafila acuta. Wxf. SWAINSON Birds (1885) 155.
HARL(E, sb.1 Sc. Nhb. Wm. Yks. Chs. Der. Also Cor.
Also in forms herle Der.2 nw.Der.1 ; hurle Cor.12 [harl,
al.] 1. The filament of flax ; the reed or brittle stem of
flax separated from the filament.
n.Sc. These broken pieces of straw, hanging in a great measure
loose upon the harle or flax, MAXWELL Scl. Trans. (1743) 331
(JAM.). Mry. Gl. Surv. (JAM.) Cor.1 As dry as hurle; Cor.2
[In the natural state the fibres of the harl are attached firmly . . .
to each other, STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 324.]
2. The side-fibre of a peacock's tail feather, used for
dubbing flies in angling ; the feathery part of a quill-
pen.
Slk. Ye ken little about the Kirby bends, gin ye think the pea-
cock's harl and the tinsy hae slipped frae your jaws, CHR. NORTH
Nodes (cd. 1856) III. 301. Nhb.1 Particularly applied to that of
the tail feathers of a peacock when employed in giving an irri-
descent appearance to the bodies of artificial flies, in which case it
is called ' peacock harle.' Wm. (J.H.), Der.2, nw.Der.1
3. Hair, wool.
w.Yks.1 His harl sticks up, for au t'ward, like an urchin back,
ii. 289.
4. A small portion of hay or straw.
s.Chs. ' Taak- dhu os--ree'k in'tu)th fuur ee'-feyld, un mahynd
yi ree'kn evri aa~rl on it iip [Tak the hoss-rcek (horse-rake) into
th' fur hee-feild, an* min ye reeken every harl on it up],
[1. EFris. harl, harrel, a filament of flax (KOOLMAN) ; so
LG. (BERGHAUS), MLG. (ScHiLLER-LiiBBEN, s.v. Herle).}
HARL(E, sb? n.Cy. Lin. [51.] A mist, a fog or
drizzlecomingup with the tide from the sea. See Haar, sb.1
n.Cy. (K.); BAILEY (1721) ; GROSE (1790); N.Cy.2 Lin.1 I saw
the harle on the 3rd June last. sw.Lin.1 There was a kind of
harle came up. I think it's no-but a sea-harle.
HARL(E, v. and sb? Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Nhb.
Also Glo. ? Som. Also written harrl Sh.I. ; and in form
haurl Sc. (JAM.) Nhb.1 [harl, 51.] 1. v. To drag, pull,
tug ; to trail along the ground ; to haul.
Sc. It's an unco thing that decent folk should be harled through
the country this gate, SCOTT Old Mortality (\&i(>) xiii. Cai.1 Abd.
Strauchtway they harle him "fore the royal chair, Guiilman Inglis-
HARL(E
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HARLIN
maill(i8i3) 58. Kcd. [He] ceased to speak, began a-snorin', Was
by Knappy harl'd to bed, GRANT Lays (1884) 41. Fif. Some haurl'd
at cart and barrow trams, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 53. e.Fif.
They harled me awa to a laigh bit hoosie, LATTO Tarn Bodkin
(1864) vii. Slg. The horses harl'd them thro' the water, Muiu
Poems(i8i8} n. Dmb. It wadna be lang o' being haurled through
my fingers if it were kent I had it, CROSS Disruption (1844) xviii.
Rnf. Bess . . . harl't out my very hair, WILSON Watty (1792) 5.
Ayr. I haurled the whole lot of the dishes to the flure, SERVICE
Notandums (1890) 28. Lth. He harl'd her bits o' things awa,
SMITH Merry Bridal (1866! 193. Rnf. Others mind yc o' a rat,
Harl't thro' the dirt in teeth o' cat, BARR Poems (1861) 33. Lnk.
Wha lets her laddies harl me doun the stair ? NICHOLSON Idylls
(1870) 88. Edb. Harling them away to the college, MOIR Mansie
Wauch (1828) x. Feb. Ilka buik except the bible, Frae the house
you've harl'd for drink, AFFLECK Poet. Wks. ^1836) 132. Slk.
Matthew Ford harled him into the shallow, HOGG Tales (1838)
150, ed. 1866. Rxb. It harles the whole heart out o' her, RIDDELL
Poet. Wks. (ed. 1871) II. 342. Dmf. Sad wights Wi' ribs baith
black an' blae Were harlit hamc, MAYNE Siller Gun (1808 8.
Gall. I'll come doon and harl ye in mysel', CROCKETT Cleg Kelly
(1896) 202. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Nhb. They harled
her through the paddock-peul, RITSON N. Garl. (1810) 54. ?Som.
Whenever they'd a chaance the neighbours was harlen' an' car'ren
down to moor, LEITH Verbena (1895) 43.
Hence (i) Harlin, (2) Harlin-favour, sb. some degree
of affection, a penchant, inclination towards ; (3) Haurl-a-
hame, adj. selfish, grasping.
(i) Sc. Wha for the bardies has a harlin, NICOL Poems (1805)
I. 120 GAM.). (2) Bch. I canna say bat I had a kirnen wi' her
an' a kine o' harlin favour for her, FORBES Jrn. (1742) 7. (3) Rnf.
On his [the devil's] haurl-a-hame manner were a' agree't quite,
NEILSON Poems (1877) 112.
2. intrans. To drag, trail, draw with difficulty; also used/,?-.
Sc. Amang such rugh rigs, highs an' hows as I hae to harl
through, GRAHAM Writings (1883) II. 43 ; To move onward with
difficulty, implying the idea of feebleness (JAM.) ; To draw oneself
by griping or violent means (ib.~). Abel. For cadgers . . . Maun
ay be harlin in their trade [must talk 'shop'], SKINNER Poems
(1809) 40. Frf. Hameward, hoolie, they gaed haurlin', WATT
Poet. Sketches (1880) 23. Dmf. The cauld snell blast o' the uncivil
warld, Through whilk sac lang thin-cled I've harl'd, THOM Jock'o1
Knowc (1878) 26.
3. Phr. (i) to harl about, to move about feebly ; to crawl,
creep ; (2) — away, to drive away, drive off; (3) — outer,
to overhaul, examine, look into.
(i) Sc. Lat them harl about for meat till eat, WADDELL Ps. (1871)
lix. 15 ; To harle about, to go from place to place. It gen. con-
veys the idea of inconstancy, of feebleness, or of some load or
incumbrance (JAM.). Cai.1 (2) ne.Glo. I think he've harled George
away; the lad often said as he'd runaway, and I think he've done
it now, Household Wds. (1885) 142. (3) Sc. They'll just harl ower a'
thir petitions, pick out my name, and the like o' me, Sc. Haggis, 32.
4. To scrape or rake together ; to peel, come off in pieces.
Also used Jig. and intrans.
Sc. (JAM.) Rnf. A wedge o' broun saip would be better, To
harl the dirt aff her hide, BARR Poems (1861] 118. Ayr. Till skin in
blypes cam haurlin Aff's nieves that night, BURNS Halloween (1785)
st. 23. Gall. To harl the pow is to scratch the head (A.W.). Nhb.
Aa've been haurlin steyens together (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1 To harle
the road.
5. To roughcast a wall with lime.
Sc. An old turreted house in Huxter Row was being newly
harled, HISLOP Anecdote (1874) 382. Sh.I. The walls were harried
with systematic regularity, CLARK Gleams (1898) 221. Cai.1 Inv.
HERD Coll. Sngs. (1776) Gl. Bnff. When the walls were 'harled,'
it was always left untouched, GORDON Cliron. Keith (1880) 35.
Abd. The ruins of the ancient church have actually been ' harled,'
SMILES Natur. (1893) 135.
Hence (i) Harled, ppl adj. roughcast with lime ; (2)
Harling, vbl. sb. the act of roughcasting with lime, &c. ;
lime or roughcasting ; (3) Joint harl, phr. to point walls.
(i) Sc. Droning psalms in a gray harled kirk, KEITH Indian
Uncle (1896) 256; Its harled walls tinged with green towards
their base, HUNTER /. Armiger's Revenge (1897) iv. Gall. That
grey kirk of rough harled masonry, CROCKETT Stidrit Min. (1893)
236. (2) n.Sc. Face the work all over with mortar thrown against
it with a trowel, which they call harling, Lett, from Gentleman
(1754) I. 65 QAM.). Gall. They are set without lime under the
harling, CROCKETT Grey Man (1896) 30. (3) Cai.1
6. sb. The act of dragging or trailing.
Sc. Of a paralytic person, it is said, ' He has a harle with the
left leg' (JAM.).
7. A haul, a collection, that which is gathered together ;
money or property obtained by dishonourable means.
Also used Jig.
Sc. He gat a harle of siller QAM.) ; The time was when I could
hae taen a harle o' onything that was gaun, FORD Thistledown
(1891) 242. Rnf. O' rhymes he gather'd sic a harl', FINLAYSON
Rhymes (1815) 165. Ayr. I had a bit haurl o' fifty pounds to carry
me on for the next winter, SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 69.
Lnk. She's fond to git a haurl O' warldly wealth, and pomp, and
glory, RODGER Poems (1838) 140, ed. 1897.
8. A small quantity of anything ; anything obtained with
difficulty and on rare occasions.
Sc. See if I cannae get a little harle of justice out of the ' military
man notoriously ignorant of the law,' STEVENSON Catiiona (1893)
ix. Cai.1 A small quantity of any substance composed of loose
particles, e. g. meal, salt, &c. Fif. Gie's a harle o' meal (JAM.).
e.Fif. See ! there's a wee harlie o' sugar to put i' yer gab, LATTO
Tain Bodkin (1864) viii. s.Sc. Indeed, ony haurl o' health I had
was aye about meal-times, Blackw. Mag. (Jan. 1821) 400 (JAM.).
Ayr. Ony harl of health he has is aye about meal-time, GALT Sir
A. Wylie (1822) Ix.
9. A drag or mud-rake used for scraping a road, &c. ; an
instrument for raking or drawing together soft manure.
Rxb. Used esp. in the cow-house (JAM.). Nhb.1 A kind of
scraper with a long handle. [The men should each take a mud
hoe or harle, STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 470.]
10. A slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained
person ; a rough field-labourer'.
Rnf. She maun be a tasteless haurl 'Twad face the gleg e'e o'
the warl', An' cause gie to its bitter gab To curse her for a hanless
drab, YOUNG Pictures (1865) 162. Ayr. Ane of them . . . was a
great muckle haurl of a dirty fum, SERVICE Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887)
169. Dmf. SHAW Schoolmaster (1899) 349. Gall. MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1824). N.I.1 Ant. A rough worker, who will do a lot
but do it badly, Ballymena Obs. (1892).
H. A mixture of lime and sand, used for roughcasting
or coating the outside of a building. Also used Jig.
Sc. Plastered with harl, COBBAN Andaman (1895) i. Sh.I. The
gable was white, for the ' harl ' had been picked off in the spring,
BURGESS Tang (1898) 23. e.Ltlf An' the way he splairges ye wi'
butter— layin't on in clauts an' harles, HUNTER J. Inwick 1895)93.
[1. The hors him harland behynd the woid cart, DOUGLAS
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, n. 48; Hii harlede him out of
churche, R. Glouc. (c. 1300) fo. 151 b.]
HARLE, sb. Sh. & Or.I. Nrf. [harl, 51.] 1. The
goosander, Mergus merganser. Also in comp. Harle-duck.
S. & Ork.1 Or.I. The goosander, the harle of this country,
remains with us constantly, BARRY Hist. (1805) 302 (JAM.).
2. The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. Also
in comp. Harle-duck. Cf. earl-duck. Or.I. SWAINSON
Birds (1885) 164.
3. The grey duck or gadwall, Chaudelasmus streperus.
Nrf. COZENS-HARDY Broad Nrf. (1893) 45.
[1. Fr. harle or herle, a merganser, see BELON Hist, dc la
nature des Oyseaux (1555) 164, in NEWTON & GADOW (1896)
407 ; Harle (herle), a kind of sheldrake (CoxGR.).]
HARLED, ppl. adj. n.Cy. Yks. [arid, aid.] Mottled,
speckled, as cattle.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). n.Yks.124 e. Yks. MARSHALL Rur. Econ.
(1788!. w.Yks.1 'Shoe's a feaful hask harl'd an' ; that is, the
cow has harsh hair, always an unfavourable symptom of fattening.
HARLED, adj. Wil. In comb. Well-harled, of oats :
well-eared. DAVIS Agric. (1813) ; Wil.1
HARLEY, sb. Frf. The swift, Cypselus apus. SWAIN-
SON Birds (1885) 96.
HARLEY-HARTHER, int. Nrf. A call to horses to
go to the left. Arch. (1879) VIII. 170.
HARLICAN, sb. Dor. [alikan.] A term of abuse.
Bring on that water, you idle young harhcan ! HARDY Jude
(1896) pt. i. i.
HARLIKINS, sb. pi. Sh.I. Tight pantaloons opening
behind, worn by children. S. & Ork.1
HARLIN, adj. Cum. Difficult, close; exhausting, severe.
Cum. An' monie a harlin reace they hed, STAGG Misc. Poems
(ed. 1807) 3 ; Cum.4
HARLOCK
HARP
HARLOCK, sb. Ess. The charlock, Sinapis arvensis.
(W.W.S.)
HARM, sb. Glo. w.Cy. Som. [am.] 1. Any contagious
or epidemic disease, not distinguished by a specific name ;
a fever.
Glo. (J.S.F.S.), w.Cy. (HALL.) Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Ene.
(1825); (F.A.A.)
2. The distemper in dogs.
w.Som.1 In buying a young dog it is usual to ask, ' Have 'er had
the harm ? '
HARM, v. Sc. Yks. Lan. Also in forms aam Lan.1 ;
ahme.Lan.1; hairmCld. (JAM.); hirm w.Sc. (JAM. Suppl.)
[harm, am.] 1. To fret, grumble ; to be peevish or ill-
natured. Or.I. (JAM. Suppl.}, w.Sc. (ib.) Hence Harm-
ing, sb. fretfulness, peevishness, grumbling. Or.I. (ib.)
2. To dwell upon a trifling fault or misfortune, con-
tinually upbraiding the defaulter or sufferer. Hence (i)
Hairmer, sb. one who acts in this manner ; (2) Hairming,
vbl. sb. the act of continually dwelling upon a fault, &c.
Cld. (JAM.)
3. To mock or imitate in speaking ; to mimic. Also with
at and after.
Yks. (HALL.) [Not known to our correspondents.] Lan. I
connaw be angurt ot tee ... os lung os to boh harms after other
fok, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (ed. 1806) 67 ; Lan.1 A person re-
peating another's words in an ironical manner is said to be
' aamin ' after him. e.Lan. In use to-day (S.W.) ; At one time a
very common word and is still used, though not so frequently as
formerly. Used in connection with the affix ' at.' ' He wor
aamin' at me,1 Manch. City News (Jan. 4, 1896) ; e.Lan.1 s.Lan.
Commonly used in the neighbourhood of Oldham and district
when I was a boy. Thus, if a boy mocked another, the one
mocked would say, ' He keeps aamin' after me,' Manch. City News
(Jan. 4, 1896) ; Obsol. (F.E.T.)
[1. LG. harmen un karmen, ' ha'rmen und wehklagen,
sich angstlich qualen ' (BERGHAUS). 2, 3. Norw. dial.
herma, to repeat anything; to ape, to mimic (AASEN).]
HARM, see Haulm.
HARMING, sb. Pem. Harm, hurt, injury.
s.Pem. He'll keep us from all harmin' (W.M.M.).
HARMLESS, adj. Sc. Sur. Sus. 1. Obs. Unharmed,
safe, secure.
Abd. That he, his men, tenants, and servants, should be harm-
less and skaithless in their bodies, SPALDING Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 43.
2. Fair to both parties, just.
Snr.1 If you make twenty-eight shillings of the pig it will be a
harmless price between buyer and seller.
3. See below.
Sus. ' Our Rosie be a very harmless child.' . . . The remark
merely means that she has a certain friendly and winning way
with her that goes straight to people's hearts and makes her a
favourite everywhere, O'REILLY Stones (1880) I. 233-4.
HARMLY, adj. n.Yks.2 Hurtful, harmful ; annoying.
HARMONY ,sb. e.Suf. Uproar, noise, disturbance. (F.H.)
HARMSUMIVVER,HARN,seeHowsomever,Harden,
Hern.
HARN, sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Also in
forms hairn Edb. Bwk. Dmf. Nhb.1; harran Sh.I. e.Fif.;
barren Fif. ; haurn Lnk. Gall. ; hern Sc. [harn, hern,
an.] 1. pi. Brains. Also usedy?^.
Sc. Kilmadie barns, Where many shot were thro' the herns,
GRAHAM Writings (1883) I. 152; It will knock its harns out,
SCOTT Antiquary (1816) xv. Sh.I. If he had blown the ' harrans '
out of his old 'moorit' sheep, BURGESS Sketches (2nd ed.) 25. Or.I.
(S.A.S.) Bch. For fear I shou'd hae gotten my harns kleckit out,
FORBES Jrn. (1742) 16. Abd. Ye may comfort yersel' that they
warna dishes wi' harns i* them, MACDONALD Malcolm ( 1875) I. 243.
Frf. My lugs and harns wi' rage maist bizzin', SANDS Poems (1833)
iai. Ptr. Johnnie's harns grew dazed and giddie, SPENCE Poems
(1898) 187. Fif. The barrens o' the clerk Were sae commovit
wi' the werk O' harnessin' and weir, TENNANT Papistry (1827)
126. e.Fif. A cockit pistol in his neive ready to blaw oot my
harns, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) vii. Ayr. Till our harns are
spattered at the bottom o' the well o' despair, GALT Entail (1823)
Ixxviii. Lnk. Oot fell the haurns o' my muckle meal-pock,
NICHOLSON Idylls (1870) 104. Lth. There's naething here our harns
to daver, MACNEILL Poet. Wks. (1801) 173, ed. 1856. e.Lth. He
was sittin amang his buiks . . . howkin his harns for a sermon,
HUNTER J. Inivick (1895) 44. Edb. If harns and pens can do 't
aright, LIDDLE Poems (1821) 114. Bwk. Ance we get another
Willie We'll knock out auld Willie's hairns, Dcnham Tracts (ed.
1892) I. 171. Dmf. Their heads had aye mair hair than hairns,
SHAW Schoolmaster (1899) 371. Gall. Wi' frothy haurns and
goarling baird, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 333, ed. 1876. n.Cy.
BAILEY (1721) ; N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Nearly out of use except by old
people. Cum. RAY (1691) ; GROSE (1790) ; Cum.4 Cum., Wm.
NICOLSON (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Sac. (1868) IX. Yks. ' He ding
out your harns,' He beat out your brains (K.). n.Yks.2 w.Yks.
THORESBY Lett. (1703) ; w.Yks.1 Pash'd an bray'd his harnes out,
i'. 303 ; w.Yks.4, ne.Lan.1
Hence Harnless, adj. brainless.
Sh.I. A harnliss snUl, BURGESS Rasmie (1892) 92. n.Yks.2
2. Comp. Harn-pan, the brain-pan, skull.
Sc. In the pingle or the pan, Or the haurnpan o' man, FORD
Thistledown (1891) 261 ; Weize a brace of balls through his harn-
pan, SCOTT Rob Roy (1817) xxxiii. Cai.1 Abd. He sware he'd
gar their harnpans ring, SKINNER Poems (1809) 16. Frf. Quit, or
I'll brak' your harn pan, MORISON Poems (1790) 25. e.Fif. Oon-
less he has within his harran-pan the stuff philosophers are made
of, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxvi. Rnf. Leeze me on the harn
pan, WEBSTER Rhymes ( 1835) 155. Ayr. We think his harnpan's
surely dunklet, GALT Sir A. Wylie (1822) ciii ; (J.M.) Lnk. I
spat by turns on ilka loof, Haw'd first my harn-pan, syne my loof,
COGHILL Poems (1890) 66. e.Lth. He didna think there was
anither harn-pan in the pairish wad ha stude it, HUNTER J. Inwick
(1895) 241. Edb. A hag sailt i' his loom hairn-pans Awa' to
France, LEARMONT Poems (1791) 24. Slk. ' This to thy harnpan,'
said Gabriel, drawing his sword, HOGG 7afes(i838) 660, ed. 1866.
Gall. His haurn pan was aye sae fu', MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824)
189, ed. 1876. Nhb.1, w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1
[1. My harms trimblit besily, DOUGLAS Pal. Hon. (1501),
ed. 1874, 78 ; He the hed till harnys claf, BARBOUR Bruce
(1375) xii. 56. OE. ha>mes (Citron, an. 1137). 2. It ...
persit the harnpan, DOUGLAS Eneados (1513) 11. 252.]
HARNESS, sb. _Sc. Nhb. Yks. Brks. e.An. Sus. Dor.
Som. Aus. [haT-, a'nis.] 1. In comp. (i) Harness-cask,
a receptacle on board ship, where the meat, after being
taken out of the pickle-cask, is kept ready for use ; (2)
•lid, a lid or covering to a ' harness-cask ' ; (3) -plaid, a
special kind of plaid ; see below ; (4) -tack, a swinging
cross-tree in a stable on which harness is hung.
(i) Abd. One that has a lid, guarded by a rim which comes a
small way down on the outside of the vessel (JAM.) ; Some thieves
. . . breaking open a harness cask . . . stole about i cwt. of beef,
Abd. Jrn. (Dec. 2, 1818) (ib.). Nhb. It is an upright cask with
straight, tapering sides, narrowing to the top, which closes with a
hinged lid and padlock. A brass or iron hoop surrounds the
former, and is made wider than the thickness of the lid, so as to
overlap the head of the cask (R.O.H.); Nhb.1 [Aus. The steer
was cut up and salted and in the harness-cask soon after sunrise,
BOLDREWOOD Robbery (1888) I. ii.j (2) Abd. QAM.) (31 Sc. She
had just taken off her bonnet and harness-plaid, OCHILTREE
Redburn (1895) vi. w.Sc. Until very recent times no Scotswoman
was considered respectably married unless her trousseau included
a plaid of specially fine manufacture fit to appear in at kirk or
market. It, with the bonnet, was a badge of marriage, hence the
term ' harness ' denoting the yoke. Paisley was famous for harness
plaids (G.W.). (4) Brks.1
2. Weaving term : the ' heald ' or arrangement of loops
of twine, by which the threads of the warp are changed
in position at every passage of the shuttle.
w.Yks. It enables a much larger pattern to be woven than is
possible with plain gear (J.M.). w.Som.1 It is adjusted into the
loom along with the warp to which it belongs.
3. The apparatus required for making cider.
Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863). Som. (W.F.R.)
4. Leather defences for the hands and legs of hedgers,
to protect them from the thorns. e.An.12
6. Temper, humour.
a.Cy. (HALL.) Sus. ' He is in a pretty harness,' he is in a rare
bad humour, HOLLOWAY ; Sus.1 Master's in purty good harness
this morning; Sus.2
HARNISHIN, sb. N.I.1 Harness.
HARNSA, HARNSER, HARNSEY, see Heronsew.
HARP, sb.1 and v.1 Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Lan. Der.
Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. Wor. Oxf. Brks. Hnt. Nrf. Sus. Hmp.
I.W. Also in forms hirp Rnf. ; yerp e.Lth. [harp, ap.J
HARP
HARRIDGE
1. sb.Obs. An Irish shilling. Also in comb. Harp-shilling.
Ir. AT. & Q. (1885) 6th S. xi. 296. N.I.1 Equal only to gd.
sterling money.
2. Phr. Head or harp, head or tail.
Ant. The reverse of Irish copper coins formerly bore a harp.
' Head or harp,' the call in playing pitch and toss (W.H.P. ).
3. An instrument used in sifting or ' riddling.'
Sc. The mason sets his harp upon en', An' harls the fire-noose
gable, MURRAY Spring in Blk. and White (Apr. 18, 1896) 490.
Dmf. Evidently suggested by the shape of the instrument used in
riddling or separating sand and gravel, which is of an oblong
shape, containing wires enclosed in a wooden frame, SHAW
Schoolmaster (1899) 349. [A portable screen or harp for riddling
and depositing the stones, STEPHENS Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) II. 637.]
4. That part of a mill which separates the 'dust' of grain
or meal from the ' shilling.'
Sc. An instrument for cleansing grain, a kind of ' scarce ' (JAM.).
Cai.1 The wire-cloth frame by which grain or meal is sifted in the
various processes of milling. Abd. (JAM.)
5. v. To constantly dwell on one topic, refer constantly
to an unpleasant subject; to grumble. Gen. with on, esp.
in phr. to harp on one string. In gen. colloq. use.
Cai.1 Rnf. I hae a richt to hirp an' murn [mourn] Oure that
death-dealin' blast, YOUNG Pictures (1865) 13. e.Lth. He had been
guzzling toddy and yerping about Spiritual Freedom with a Free
Church tailor, MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes (1885) 141. Edb. ' I'se tell
ye what ' That harps, whate'er ye, ' I'se tell ye what, and there's
that in't,' Carlop Green (1793) 125, ed. 1817. N.Cy.1 Nhb. He
kept harp, harpin on till aa wis fair sick o' hearin 't (R.O.H.).
Cum.1 n.Yks.4 Sha nivver let's t'thing dee, sha's awlus harping on
aboot it. e.Yks. THOMPSON Hist. Welton (1869) 170 ; e.Yks.1 MS.
add. (T.H.) w.Yks. Aw, be heng'd to that tale ; he's allus
harpin' o' that string (JE.B.*). Lan. (S.W.), nw.Der.1, Not.1,
n.Lin.1 Lei.1 Shay aarped o' seein 'im again so mooch. Nhp.1,
s.Wor. (H.K.) Oxf.'Ther you be agen, 'arp, 'arp, 'arp, MS. add.
Brks.1, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Nrf. You continue to harp upon the same
string (W.W.S.). Sus., Hmp. HOLLOWAY. I.W.1
6. Phr. to harp against a person, to insinuate to his dis-
advantage.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). w.Yks. HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781).
7. To riddle or sift with a ' harp.' Abd. (JAM.)
HARP, v.2 and sb.2 Wor. Also written arp. [ap.j
1. v. To listen to, hearken, pay attention.
s.Wor. Folks talks but I doesn't harp. Folks wuz alistenin' an'
'arpin' hiver so, an' a didn't 'ear nothin' (H.K.); A on't 'arp
'owever 'ardly noanc on 'em, Vig. Man. in Berroiu's Jrn. (1896) xvii.
2. sb. Phr. all of a harp, all on the qui vive.
s.Wor. A knaowed as summat ar another wuz agate, an' a wuz
a' ov a 'arp (H.K.).
HARPEN, v. Nrf. With on : to encourage, cheer on
to fight.
John and Tom were quarrelling and Will harpen'd them on till
he got them to fight (W.W.S.).
HARPER, sb. Sc. In comb. Harper crab, the crab,
Cancer varius Gesneri. Also called Tammie Harper.
Fif. SIBBALD Hist. Fif. (1803) 132 (JAM., s.v. Tammie Harper).
HARPING, adj. Nrf. In comb. Harping Johnny, the
orpine, Sedum Telephium. (B. & H.)
HARPLEAT, sb. Wxf.1 A snipe, 'bleater.'
HARPOON, v. Irel. In phr. to harpoon a bottle-nose,
to make a gross mistake.
I harpooned a bottle-nose, LEVER Con Cregan (1849-50) xiv.
HAR(R, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also Mid. e.An. Hmp. Wil. Som. Also in forms harl-
n.Yks. ; haur Sc. (JAM.); haw- Nhb.1; her Hmp. [bar,
a(r.] 1. The upright part of a gate or door to which the
hinges are fastened.
Sh.I. We took a door aff da harrs, CLARK Gleams.(i8g8~) 106.
S. & Ork.1, Dmf. GAM.), N.Cy.1 Nhb. The back and breast of a
gate are called the back bar and fore har (J.H.) ; Nhb.1 Dur. The
hole in a stone in which the spindle of a door or gate resteth
(K.,. Cum.1 Wm. A door-harr (K.). w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Hmp.
(H.C.M.B.) Wil.1 We wants some more heads and hars cut out.
Som. (W.F.R.) ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
2. Comp. Har-tree, the strong end of a gate to which the
bars are secured.
Nhb.1, Dur.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Cum.1 n.Yks. The bars are gen.
made either of fir or ash, and the harltree and head, of oak or
ash, TUKE Agric. (1800) 98; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. MARSHALL
Rur. Econ. (1796) I. 192. w.Yks.2, ne.Lan.1, e.An.12
3. A hinge, joint. Used _/?§•.
Dmf. To ruse one's arse out o har, to praise a person till he be
too much elated (JAM.). Wxf.1 Ingsaury neileare (pidh ?) his niz
outh o' harr, 100.
4. The shank of a button. Wxf.1
[1. Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre,
CHAUCER C. T. A. 550. OE. heprr, a hinge ; cp. Du. harre
aen een deure, the post and hinge of a doore or a gate
(HEXHAM).]
HARR, see Haar, sb.1, Hurr, v?
HARRAGE, sb. Sc. Also in forms arage, arrage,
aryage, auarage, average, harriage GAM.). 1. Service
due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords,
' average.'
This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts (JAM.).
2. Phr. arage (and) carriage, a service in carts and horses.
'Arage and carriage' is a phr. still commonly used in leases
(JAM.) ; Regular payment of mail-duties, kain, arriage, carriage,
SCOTT Midlothian (1818) viii. Per. With harrage, carriage, them
he still molests. NICOL Poems (1766) 75.
[1. Arage, vtherwaies Average, from Averia, quhilk
signifies ane beast. . . Average signifies service, quhilk
the tennent aucht to his master be horse or cariage of
horse, SKENE Expos, (ed. 1641) 9. 2. I am maid ane slaue
of my body to ryn and rashe in arrage & carriage, Compl.
Scot/. (1549) 125. In Law Lat. cum Avaragiis &•» Cariagiis,
Indenture (1371), in SKENE (I.e.). See Average.]
HARRAGLES, HARRIGALS, see Harigalds.
HARRAGRAF, sb. Sc. A curling term : see below.
Slg. Men that are not usually taken out to matches are called
the harragraf of the Kippen Curling Club. As far as \ am aware
it is not known in surrounding clubs (G.W.).
HARRAN, see Harden, sb., Harn.
HARRAS, see Harvest.
HARRASKAP, sb. Sh.I. Character. S. & Ork.1
HARRAST, sb. Der.2 nw.Der.1 Fig. Delight.
HARRAST, HARREST, see Harvest.
HARREN, see Hairen, Harden, sb., Harn.
HARRIAGE, sb. Nhp. e.An. Wil. Dev. Also in forms
halledge Wil. ; hallege, harrige Wil.1 ; harwich e.An.1 ;
herridge n.Dev. 1. A disturbance ; a bustle, fuss.
Wil.1 Occasionally used of a disturbance of some sort, as 'What
a hallege ! ' what a row. n.Dev. Yer's a brave briss an' herridge,
ROCK Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 121.
2. A moving, tumultu9us assemblage of rough people ; a
rabble. Cf. haurrage.
Wil. A'. & Q. (1881) 6th S. iv. 106 ; Wil.1 Harrige seems to be
the original form of the word, and is still occasionally heard ; but
for at least seventy years it has been more commonly pronounced
as hallege. Not used in s.Wil. ' Be you a-gwain down to zee
what they be a-doing at theVeast?' 'No, /bean't a-gwain amang
such a hallege as that ! '
3. Confusion, disorder.
Nhp.1 e.An.1 ' They are all up at harriage.' In the south part
of Suf. the phrase, ' He is gone to Harwich,' means he is gone
to rack and ruin. Wil.1 Were a load of top and lop, intended to
be cut up for firewood, shot down clumsily in a yard gateway, it
would be said, ' What a hallege you've a-got there, blocking up
the way ! ' It sometimes appears to mean rubbish, as when it is
applied to the mess and litter of small broken twigs and chips left
on the ground after a tree has been cut and carried.
[Prob. conn. w. ME. harageous, violent (Morle Arthur) ;
OFr. orageux, stormy (HATZFELD).]
HARRIAL, sb. ? Obs. Cum.14 The payment of the
best live beast or dead chattel of a deceased tenant to the
lord of whom he held, a ' heriot.'
[Herre3elda is the best aucht, oxe, kowe, or uther beast
quhilk ane husbandman . . . hes in his possession, the
time of his decease, quhilk aucht and suld be given to his
Landis-lord, SKENE Expos, (ed. 1641). The same word as
OE. heregield, the tribute paid to the (Danish) host
(Charter of Cnut, an. 1018).]
HARRIDGE, sb. Lakel. Yks. Also written harredge
w.Yks. [h)a-ridg.] The angular edge of anything ; the
HARRIGE
[72]
HARRY
turned edge of a sharp knife ; also used Jig. a sharp edge
to one's appetite. See Arris.
Lakel. 3 Wm. He could put an harridge on a scythe. Ah've neea
harridge fer mi tea (B.K.). Yks. (HALL.), e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.J.B.)
HARRIGE, HARRIGOAD, see Marriage, Harry-gaud.
HARRIMAN, sb. Shr. A lizard, newt. (HALL.), Shr.2
HARRISH, v. and sb. Irel. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan.
Wor. Also written harish Irel. [h)a'rij.] 1. v. To
harass, worry, torment, trouble ; to ravage; to drive about.
Ir. The poor woman was so harished, CARLETON Traits Peas.
(ed. 1843) 95. Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.1 n.Yks.1 All's harrished near-
lings te deead by's ragally gannin's on ; n.Yks.4, w.Yks.1 Lan.
They mun be harrish't, an' parish't, an' hamper't, an' pincer"t, an'
powler't about th' cowd world, WAUGH Cfiitn. Corner (1874) 141,
ed. 1879; Oyned an' harrished whol life were a ruebargain, CLEGG
Sketches (1895) 397; Lan.1, e.Lan.1 s.Wor. They cattle bean't
harrished about (H.K.).
Hence Harrishin', vbl. sb. violent invasion, ' harrying.'
Cum.14
2. To Starve with cold. w.Yks.3 He harrished his colts.
Hence Harrishing, **/. adj. cold and stormy. w.Yks.
(W.A.S.)
3. sb. Distress, worry, annoyance, trouble.
n.Yks.1 It's been a sair harrish tiv' 'im ; n.Yks.4 It's a bit of a
harrish, but then wa s' git ower't sumhoo.
HARRISH, see Harsh.
HARRISpN, sb. Chs.1 [arisan.] In phr. Harrison's
pippin, a variety of apple ; see below.
Only seen in old orchards, and probably could not now be
obtained from any nurseryman. It is large and handsome, a
first-class table-fruit, and a fairly good cooking apple.
HARRO, int. and v. Sc. Also in forms hary ; hirro
(JAM.), Cai.1 1. int. Hurrah, huzza !
Sc. (JAM.) Fif. ' Harro ! ' the folk o' Caryl [Crail] cry'd:
' Hurra ! ' the Anster folk reply'd ; ' Harro ! ' cry'd wife and man,
TENNANT Papistry (1827) 58.
2. An exclamation of surprise ; an outcry for help.
Sc. FRANCISQUE-MICHEL Sc. Lang. (1882) 168. Cai.1
3. v. To hurrah, huzza, halloo. Sc. (JAM.)
HARROOST, HARROST, see Harvest.
HARROW, sb.1 and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng.
[ha-ra.] 1. sb. In comp. (i) Harrow-bills, the ribs of a
wooden harrow ; (2) -breeth, the breadth of a harrow as
shown by the mark on the land over which it has been
dragged ; (3) -bull or -bulls, the longitudinal beams of a
wooden hairow in which the iron teeth are inserted ; (4)
-plough, a plough used for killing weeds in the dressing
of turnips, &c. ; (5) -rest, the rest-harrow, Ononis arvensis;
(6) -shaikle, the shackle by which a pair of harrows are
linked together ; (7) -sheth, the transverse framework of
a harrow ; (8) -slaying, the destruction of grass-seeds by
rain, before they have struck root, when the mould has
been too much pulverized ; (9) -teeth, the iron teeth of a
harrow ; used Jig. ; (10) -tines or -tynes, the iron teeth of
a harrow; (n) -tree, the piece of wood by which the
harrow is yoked.
(i) Cnm.4 (2) Nhb.» (3) Nhb.1, Cum.14, e.Yks.1 n.Lin.
You'd hcv no more thought about them papers then a hos-
shoe hes about a harrow-bull, PEACOCK J. Markenfield (1874)
I. 114; n.Liu.1 (4) Lth. (JAM., s.v. Fotch-plough.) (5) n.Lin.1
(6, 7) Nhb.1 (8) Sc. The mould . . . will be in danger of
being washed from the grain, if rain comes before it strikes root
fully ; which in that case will malt, then be scorched by the sun,
and killed ; which is ... called harrow-slaying, MAXWELL Scl.
Trans. (1743) 251 (JAM.). (g'l Dmb. It'll mak' nae difference if the
Doctor gets me under the harrow-teeth o' the law, CROSS Disrup-
tion (1844) vi. w.Yks. 'All of you masters,' as the toad said to
the harrow-teeth, Prov. in Brighouse News (July 23, 1887). (10)
ne.Sc. At times a bundle or two of harrow-tynes to dry and harden,
GREGOR Flk-Lore (1881) 51. [The plough-irons new-laid— the
harrow-tines new-laid, sharpened, and firmly fastened, STEPHENS
Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 504.] (n) Nhb.i
2. Phr. (i) to live or to lead a life like a toad under a harrow,
to suffer from ill-treatment or ill-usage ; (2) to pass the
harrow, see below; (3) to trail a light harrow, to be a
bachelor ; to have a small family, have few worries or
cares ; (4) to clear the harrows, to get one's object, attain
one's desire ; (5) to have one leg over the harrows, to break
loose, become unmanageable ; (6) to run away with the
harrows, (a) to be in too great a hurry ; (b) to carry off the
prize; to acquire superiority; (7) to run off with ihenarrows,
(a) to go too fast ; to carry things too far ; (b) see (5) ; (8)
to see or hear how the harrows are going, to see how matters
are progressing.
(i)Sc. (A. W.), Dur.1, n.Yks.2 (2)Sh.I.Passin'theharrow...wasa
performance seldom practised, except by some person of a ' deil-may-
care ' disposition. . . This was supposed to unfold the future, even
the spirit world ; and the person who had the hardihood to ' go i'
da harrow ' never revealed what they either saw or heard, and
always warned others not to try such a trick. . . Three harrows
were placed, some distance apart, outside the open fodder door
of an old barn, and at the hour of midnight a person went blind-
fold into the yard, and passed back foremost over each harrow in
turn, thence through the barn window, and at the end of the jour-
ney he was supposed to fall into a sort of trance and hear and see
unutterable things, SPENCE Flk-Lore (1899) 194. (3) n.Yks. Neea,
neea, he's nane married. He still trails a leeght harrow, ATKIN-
SON Maori. Parish (1891) 35 ; n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 He trails a light
harrow, his hat covers his family ; n.Yks.4, w.Yks.1 (4) Ayr. O,
for a cot, a wee bit grun', An' twa three lads, that trade in fun, To
be my marrows, Then, let the warld lose or win, I've clear'd the
harrows, AINSLIE Land of Burns (ed. 1892) 215. (5) Sc. A phr.
borrowed from an unruly horse or ox (JAM.) ; She has her leg
ower the harrows now . . . stop her wha can, SCOTT Old Mortality
(1816) viii. (6, a) Sc. Applied to those who do not reason fairly
(JAM. "I. Dmb. Hooly, freends, hooly ! Ye mauna rin awa' wi' the
harrows that way, CROSS Disruption (1844) xxxix. e.Ltli. Ye're
rinnin awa wi' the harrows noo, HUNTER J. Inwick (1895 79. (b)
Ayr. (JAM.) (7, a) Sc. That's a wheen blethers, Will ! an it's aye
your way to run aff wi' the harrows, Cracks about Kirk (1843) I-
3. (b) Rnf. Twad be a guid joke if a rough kintry chiel Soud rin
afT wi' the harrows. PICKEN Poems (1813) II. 132. (8) Ayr. We
was curious too, ye ken, just to hear hoo the harrows were gaun,
noo that Robert Simpson has been left the rough o' the siller,
JOHNSTON Glcnbuckic (1889) 74.
3. pi. The longitudinal bars of a harrow. Wil. DAVIS
Agric. (1813) ; Wil.1
4. v. Fig. With up : to arouse, stir up.
Edb.To harrow up the Juler's rage, L,EARMONT.Po£»«s(i79i) 166.
5. To harass, distress, fatigue greatly. Gen. used in pp.
Lin. (HALL.) n.Lin. I was fair arra'd wi' it all (M.P.) ; SUTTON
Wds. (i88ij ; n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 It's fit to harrow one to dead. I
was harrowed, taking up after my husband in one of them closen.
6. To be beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill ; to be
obstructed by an impediment or obstacle. Gen. in pp.
e.Yks.1 Ah thowt Ah could lowzen this knot, but Ah's boon t!
be harrovv'd. Glo.1 He was goin to the station with all them
things, and was reglar harrowed, and had to get a man to help
carry them.
HARROW, si.2 Dor. The hinder upright timber of
a gate by which it is hung to its post, the ' harr.'
The one in the middle, between the harrow and the head, is the
middle spear, BARNES Gl. (1863) ; (C.W.)
[Ye harrow of a gate, Ace. St. John's Hosp. Canterbury
(1528) (N.E.D.).]
HARROW-GOOSE, sb. Irel. [Not known to our
correspondents.] A large bird (?).
N.I.1 HARRIS Hist. Dum. (1744).
HARROWSTER, sb. Sc. A spawned haddock.
ne.Sc. The saying about the spawned haddock, harrowster or
kameril, is that it is not good till it gets three dips in the May flood,
GREGOR Flk-f.ore (18811 146. Bnff.1
HARRUP, HARRUST, see Hairif, Harvest.
HARRY, sb.1 Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms hairey Lnk. ; harie Sc. (JAM.); herry Yks. ;
horry se.Wor.1 [h)a-ri.] 1. In comb. (i)Harry-banning,
the stickleback, Gasterosteus tracliurus ; (2) — behint, always
last or behindhand ; (3) — Denchman, the hooded crow,
Corvus cornix ; (4) — Hurcheon or Hutcheon, a children's
game ; see below ; also called Curcuddie (q.v.) ; (5) -long-
legs, the cranefly or daddy-long-legs, Tipula gigantea ;
(6)-purcan, the game of 'blind man's buff '; (7) —Whistle,
a name given to the second finger ; (8) — Wibel, a name
given to the thumb.
(i) n.Cy. (HALL.) (2) Cum.14 (3) e.An.1 Nrf. Arch. (1879)
HARRY
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HARRY-GAUD
VIII. 170. (4) n.Sc. The game called Harry Hurcheon ... is a gro-
tesque kind of dance, performed in a shortened posture, sitting on
one's hams, with arms akimbo, the dancers forming a circle of
independent figures, CHAMBERS Pop. Rhymes (1890) 139; The
name of a play among children, in which they hop round in a ring,
sitting on their hams (JAM.). (5) e.Lan.1 Chs.1 Occasionally, but
daddy-long-legs is more common. s.Chs.1. nw.Der.1. Not.1, s.Not.
(J.P.K.), Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.12, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 'Arry, 'Arry-lung
legs, Couldna say 'is prars ; Kecht 'im by the lef leg, An throwed
'im down stars, Children's Doggerel Verse. Hnt. (T.P.F.^ (6) Per.
(G.W.) (7, 8) w.Yks.2 Well known in the neighbourhood of
Sheffield (s.v. Fingers).
2. The devil, esp. in comb. Old Harry, Lord Harry, &c.
Sc. (JAM.) Per. I'll play old Harry wi ye (G.W.). Lnk. By
the livin' hairey, if I could win ower tae them I wad gi'e them
something tae lauch at, WARDROP /. Maihison (1881) 44. Dub.
(A.S.-P.) Wmh. By the lord Harry (#.). Yks. Herry with long
nails, the Devil \K.). w.Yks.2 A girl said that her rubbing-stones
in the kitchen were 'as hard as Old Harry.' Lan. I wundurt what
i' th' neme o' owd harry, wurt' do weh meh, PAUL BOBBIN Sequel
(1819)17; I'm fettlet now, by the Lord Harry ! BURNETT Haworih's
(1887^ xxxvi. Nrf. Yow'd maake peaace wuth owd Harry hisself!
A.B.K. Wrights Fortune (1885^1 55.
3. Phr. to play harry over any one, to beat or punish
severely. N.Cy.1, Yks. (J.W.)
4. A countryman, rude boor; an opprobrious term ap-
plied to a woman.
Fif. The severest criticism of conduct indeed was directed to the
frailer sex, progressively characterized by the epithets — ' gilpy,'
'besom,' 'hizzie,' 'harry,' 'randy,' ' limmer,' COLVILLE Vernacular
(1899) 18. w.Yks. (HALL.), w.Yks.1
5. The youngest and smallest pig in a litter. Also in
comb. Harry pig.
Hrt. You call 'em Harries, we call 'em cads at my home (G.H. G.).
Hrt., Cmb., Ken., Wil. Common (J.W.B.).
6. The male of any species of animal. e.Lan.1
7. The remainder of the porridge left in the dish after
every one has been supplied.
Lakel.2 When t'poddish hes been sarra'd oot, an' ther's some
left, that's Harry. Wm. Barley me t'harry [a hungry lad's method
of claiming more than his share] (B.K. ).
HARRY, sb.2 and v.1 Sc. Yks. Also in form ary e.Yks.
1. sb. A harrow.
Sc. Ye're like Burns, surely, ye've pickit it up ... at the ploo,
an' the harries, SWAN Gates of Eden (1895) vii.
2. v. Obs. To harrow, turn up the soil for the destruction
of weeds.
e.Yks. Christmasse, when men shoulde beginne to fallowe and
ary, BEST Rur. Econ. (1641) 76.
HARRY, v? Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. I.Ma.
Der. Nhp. War. Also in forms hairry ne.Sc. ; hairy Fif;
herrie Bnff.1 ; herry Sc. Cai.1 N.Cy.2 Nhb. Lakel.1 Cum.
Wm. I.Ma. [h)a-ri, hje'ri.] 1. To rob, plunder, pillage,
used esp. of robbing birds' nests.
ne.Sc.They hairry folk biggin kirks and payin' steepin's, Gordon-
haven (1887) 86. Bnff. Thae to herry Wha simply trust the
h — born rogues, TAYLOR Poems (1787) 10. Abd. It was no use
people herryin' themsel's an' throwin' awa gweed siller upon 'im,
ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 96. Frf. Think shame of yotirsel',
lassie, for harrying birds' nests, BARRIE Tommy (1896) 169. Per.
Be sure he's herryin' craws' nests, FORD Harp (1893) 152. Fif.
Peeseweet, peeseweet, hairy my nest and gar me greet, COLVILLE
Vernacular (1899) 12. s.Sc. Did the rascal harry ye oot and oot ?
WILSON Tales (1839) V. 18. Dinb. To herry Halket on the
Tyesday night, SALMON Gowodean (1868) 14. Lnk. Herrying
nests in the wuds, FRASER Whaups (1895) xii. ^ e.Lth. Thae
locus' beas' that cam up in a michty swarm . . . an' herried the
haill land o' Israel, HUNTER J. Inwick (1895) 83. Edb. Herryin'
Unties, yites an' kays, FORBES Poems (1812) 104. Slk. As for
pyats an' the like, I used to herry them without compunction,
CHR. NORTH Nodes (ed. 1856) III. 4. Gall. To harry their houses
and gear, CROCKETT Standard Bearer (1898) 52. Wgt. The Bailie
wad travel frae Wigtown tae Burrowhead tae harry a piet's nest,
FRASER Wigtown (1877) 263. n.Cy. GROSE (1790) ; Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B.); N.Cy.12 Nhb. Thoo'l't take care o' me? Thoo
winnot let her harry me again, that gate? CLARE Love of Lass
(1890) I. 216 ; The word survives in constant use as applied to the
pillage of birds' nests, &c. (R.O.H.) Dur. GIBSON Up-Weardale
Gl. (1870). Lakel.1 Cum. A hive, owr ventersome wad herry,
VOL. HI.
RELPH Misc. Poems (1747) 60; There was a corbie's nest in the
hee plantin but it was harried lang syne (J.Ar.) ; Gl. (1851) ; Cum.1 ;
Cum.4 Refers gen. to birds' nests. Cum., Wm. NICOLSON (1677)
Trans.R. Lit. Soc. (1868 IX. e.Yks. THOMPSON #<«/. Welton(i&6g).
Hence (i) Harried, ppl. adj. plundered, robbed, pillaged ;
(2) Harryer or Herrier, sb. a robber ; a rifler of birds'
nests ; (3) Harrying or Herrying, (a) ppl. adj. robbing,
plundering ; (b) vbl. sb. the act of robbing or plundering ;
(4) Harry-net, sb. a net, used to catch or retain fish of
a small size ;• (5) Herrial or Herrieal, sb. that which
causes loss or ruin ; fig. a great expense ; (6) Herriement,
see (3, b) ; (7) Kerry-water, sb. (a) see (4) ; (b) a selfish
person who takes all he can get.
(i) Lnk. Like a lanely herrit ane [bird] Nae biding place I've
here, LEMON St. Mungo (1844) 18. Dmf. I lookit roun At oor
herrit nest, REID Poems '1894) 128. Gall. Like a bird out of a
harried nest, CROCKETT Standard Bearer (1898) 226. (2) Per. He
had repeatedly foiled parties of Highland harryers, MONTEATH
Dunblane (1835) 19, ed. 1888. Ayr. Quate, retired, and ooto' the
herders' ken, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 51. Slk. When I was
a laddie, I was an awfu' herrier, CHR. NORTH Noctes fed. 1856)
III. 3. (3, a) Gall. Like bees from a byke upon a company of
harrying boys, CROCKETT Standard Bearer (1898) 314. (6) Ayr.
The nests would be weel worth the herryin', SERVICE Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 262. (4) n.Sc. (JAM.) (5) Bnff.1 It's a perfit herrieal
t' ha'e t' keep sae mony servan's. Abd. They're sic a herrial,that
bulks, ALEXANDER Johnny Gibb (1871) x. (6} Fif. Kirk-spulyie,
herriement, and raid, Gaed on mair fast than ever, TENNANT
Papistry (1827) 210. Ayr. The herryment and ruin of the country,
BURNS Brigs of Ayr (1787) 1. 171. (7, a) Sc. (JAM.) (6) Cai.1
The phr. refers to such as would clear all the fish out of a stream
by dragging it with a net, thus leaving none to the angler.
2. To harass, oppress, despoil, ruin ; to hunt or drive
off; to drag or carry off. Gen. with q^"or out.
Sc. They have come to herry us out of house and ha', SCOTT
Leg. Mont. (1818) iv. Kcd. We're herrit, wife! we're herrit
clean! Faur, faur's the fusky pig? GRANT Lays (1884) 6. Per.
Noo ye wud harry [hunt] me aff again, IAN MACLAREN K. Carnegie
(1896) 217. Dmb. Be harried out like gipsy horde at e'en,
SALMON Gowodean (1868) 24. Ayr. The avenger coming to herry
you out o' house and hame, GALT Lairds (1826) xiv. Lnk. The
bairns o' yer bairns . . . Will be harry't wi' taxes, an' put to the
horn, HAMILTON Poems (1865) 46. Kcb. We'll be harried out o'
house an' ha' in a crack, ELDER Borgue (1897) 28. w.Yks. The
divil's harried off his soul, BRONTE Wuthering fits. (1847) xxxiv.
Lan. When owd Holte and t'Ratchda 'torney ud a harried me off
yon bit of waste. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH Scarsdale (1860) III. 74;
Harry them o' fro' their feythers graves an' owd whoams, ib. I. 191.
3. To harass, tease, worry, bother ; to overdo, urge,
impel, hurry on. Also usedy?§-.
Wm. (E.C.), n.Yks.2, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Ben wor one o' them
poor miln hands 'at hed been ' harrud off,' Yksman. (1880) 139.
Lan. An oi wunnot harry a poor man wi' law, KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH
Scarsdale (1860) III. 74 ; Yo' dunnot harry me wi' talk, BURNETT
Lowrie's (,1877) vii. I.Ma. The short seas herryin her, BROWN
Yarns (1881) 265, ed. 1889. nw.Der.1 War.1 When a number of
workmen are employed together, and one supplies another with
such a load as he is unable to convey in time to the next, he is
said to harry the man, and the person thus harried or overladen is
turned out of the party ; War.2
Hence (i) Harried, ppl. adj. overdone, wearied, jaded ;
harassed ; (2) Harry, int., see below ; (3) Harrying, ppl.
adj. worrying, harassing, wearying.
(i) Nhb. Aa'm fairly herryt oot, man, wi' carryin' that poke o'
yets up thame lang granery stairs (R.O.H. ). Lakel.2 Ah's fairly
harried. Ye've harried mi' wi' meat. e.Yks.1 s.Lin. A farm
labourer on being asked how he is or how he feels after a hard
day's work, usually answers ' I'm harrad ' (T.H.R.). (2) Nhp.1 A
jeering interjectional imperative, used when a labourer or navigator
is overladen and cannot wheel his barrow (for instance) along :
his fellow-workmen then cry out 'harry! harry!' (3) n.Yks.2
A harrying sort of a body.
HARRY-GAUD, sb. and v. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Nrf. Also
written harrigaud Yks. ; harrygawd n.Cy. ; and in forms
wanton girl or child ; a run-about, flighty or good-for-
nothing person. Also used^. and attrib.
L
HARRYWIG
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HARVEST
n.Cy. GROSE (1790) ; (K.); BAILEY (1731); N.Cy.12, Nhb.i Yks.
She's a wonderful sensible young body, is Letty, noan o' yer
harrygauds, FARQUHAR Frankheart, 199. n. Yks. When Ah'dgetten
t'awd harrigooad . . . tonn'd out o' t'gardin', TWEDDELL Clevel.
Rhymes (1875) 48 ; n.Yks.2 'A harrigoad wind,' a rushing mighty
wind. ' A coarse harrigoad fellow.' ne.Yks.1 Whau's them harry-
gauds 'at gans shootin' an' beealin an' gaapin i t'toon ? m.Yks.1
Nrf. HOLLOWAY.
2. A master of labour, who is continually goading on his
workmen to greater exertion. e.Yks.1
3. v. To go about in a wild, flighty manner ; to ramble,
roam about.
Yks. Mind thou comes yam i' good time, an' dinnet gan harri-
gaudin' about (T.K.). m.Yks.1 Freq. used towards grown children.
' Where's thou been harrigoading while [till] now ? '
HARRYWIG, see Earwig.
HARSH, adj. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Chs. Stf. Der. Rut.
Nhp. War. Glo. Hnt. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Som. Also in
forms ash Stf.1 Rut. ; harrish Nhb.1 ; hash Dur.1 w.Yks.1
nw.Der.1 Nhp.1 War.3 Glo.1 Hnt. Hmp.1 I.W.12 Wil.
w.Som.1 [af, h)aj, aef.] 1. Of the wind or weather:
piercing, bitter, cold, severe. Cf. hask, adj.1
Nhb. The wun's varry harrish (R.O.H.) ; Nhb.1, Dur.1 w.Yks.1
It is hash and cold. Chs.1 The opposite to ' melsh ' (q.v.). s.Chs.1
It)s fl aa'rsh weynd bloa'in tQdee- — mai'z dhu ae-r snai'ch [It's a
harsh weind blowin' to-dee — mays the air snaitch]. Stf.1 Ash
wind, east wind. Rut. I have a bad cold, and am hoast all through
them ash winds, N. V Q. (1876-1 sth S. v. 363. Nhp.1 It's a very
hash wind. Glo.1 Applied to the east wind. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
n.Wil. Used commonly in the expression used of March weather :
' 'Tis vurry hash dryin' ' (E.H.G.).
2. Unpleasant, rough ; parched, dry ; not pliable.
nw.Der.1 Nhp.1 My hands are very hash. War.3 It is very 'ash
and dry [speaking of arable land]. Hmp.1 That rope's too hash.
Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825). w.Som.1 Chiefly applied to texture
or material, to denote want of softness. The word would not be
applied to conduct. ' This yer cloth don't han'le soft enough, 'tis
too hash ; I be safe font wear.'
3. Vigorous, energetic, hasty, impetuous.
s.Chs.1 Yoa wiid-)nu thingk- uz Ben ud gy'et su eksahytid; biit
ey)z aa'rsh wen ey gy'ets ugy'ai't [Yo wudna think as Ben 'ud
get so excited; but he's harsh when he gets agate]. I.W.1 ; I.W.2
Don't ee be too hash wi' that colt.
HARSK, see Hask, adj.1
HARSLEM, sb. Ken.1 [a'zlam.] An asylum.
When he got to settin' on de hob and pokin' de fire wid's
fingers, dey thought 'twas purty nigh time dey had him away to
de harslem.
HARSLET, HARST, HARSY, see Haslet, Harvest,
Haw, sb.1
HART, sb. and v. n.Cy. Yks. Also Hmp. Dor. Also
written heart Hmp.1 I. sb. In comb, (i) Hart-berries,
the whortle-berry, Vaccinium myrtillus ; (2) -(s claver or
clover, obs., the melilot, Melilotus officinalis.
(i) Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863); N. & Q. (.1877) 5th S. viii. 45. (a)
n.Cy. GROSE (1790); (K.); BAILEY (1721); N.Cy.2, Yks. (B. & H.)
2. v. Phr. to go harting, to gather whortle- or bilberries.
Hmp.1
HART, HARTISTRAW, HARTLE, see Haft, sb.1,
Harvest-shrew, Harkle.
HARTOGS, sb. pi. War. See below.
I dote on what are called ' hartogs ' — that is, good clothes that
are gone to the bad — or at any rate are a long way past their best,
Midi. C. Herald ,Sept. 15, 1898).
HARTS, see Ort.
HARUM, adj. Nhp.1 [e-ram.] Untidy, slovenly.
HARVE, sb.1 and v. Dev. Cor. [av.] 1. sb. A harrow.
Dev. MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863). s.Dev., e.Cor. (Miss D.)
Cor. THOMAS Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl. ; Cor.12
2. v. To harrow.
Cor. So I ploughed — and harvey'd, THOMAS Randigal Rhymes
(1895) 6 ; Cor.2
[2. ME. harwen, to harrow (P. Plowman).}
HARVE, sb.2 Ess. A close or small piece of land
near a house ; a 'haw.' Gl. (1851) ; Ess.1
HARV(E, HARVER, see Hauve, v.1, However.
HARVEST, sb. and v. Var. dial, forms and uses in Sc.
Irel. and Eng. I. Dial, forms : (i) Arrest, (2) Aurrust,
(3) Haerst, (4) Hairst, (5) Haist, (6) Rarest, (7) Har'est,
(8) Harras, (9) Harrast, do) Harrest, (11) Harrist, (12)
Harroost, (13) Harrost, (14) Harrust, (15) Harst, (16)
Har'st, (17) Harvis, (18) Harwust, (19) Hearesth, (20)
Hearst. [For further examples see n. below.]
(i) Glo.1, w.Som.1 Dev. I've a mind tu bide till arter 'ay-arrest,
PHILLPOTTS Dartmoor ( 1896} 144. (a) Wor. GROSE (1790). (3)
Rnf. After haerst, our kirn cam' roun', PICKEN Poems (.1813) I.
137. (4) Sc. (JAM.), Cai.1, Bnff.1 Nhb. There's going to be a good
hairst, WHITE Nhb. (1859) 6a. (5) Mry. (JAM.) (6) n.Dev. How
dedst thee stertlee upon the Zess last barest, Exm. Scold. (1746)
'• 32- 17) w.Yks.3 Som, Tis handy enough to get in the har'est
just so well, RAYMOND Men o" Mendip (1898) viii. (8) Som.
JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1835"). (9) Der.2, nw.Der.1, Shr.2
(10) Yks. (K.\ Glo.1 Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1835). w.Som.1 Dev.
Za zune's the harrest is awver, HEWETT Peas. Sf. (1892). n.Dev.
GROSE (1790). (n) Gall. (A.W.) Nhb. The hindor-end o' barley
harrist, RoBSONBA. Ruth (1860) xi. 23. (12) Shr.1 113) Der.1 (14)
w.Yks.2 (15) Sc. QAM.) (16) Edb. Our eldin's driven, an' our
har'st is owr, FERGUSSON Poems (1773) no, ed. 1785. Bwk. The
earliest ha'rst that e'er was seen, HENDERSON Pop. Rhymes (1856)
19. n.Cy. Border Gl. (Coll. L.L.B.) Cum.1 (17) w.Yks. (J.W.)
I.Ma. The Docthor must come with him for harvis, BROWN Doctor
(1887) 46. (18) Don. To sport it in the Glenties harwust fair,
MACMANUS Maguire in Harper's Mag. (Jan. 1900) 212. (19) Wxf.1
(20) Rnf. The hearst on us is drawing, WEBSTER Rhymes (1835) 3.
II. Dial. uses. 1. sb. In CO»M/>.(I) Harvest-beef, butcher's
meat, eaten in harvest, whether beef or mutton ; (2) -beer,
strong, twelve-month-old ale ; (3) -bell, a bell rung daily
during harvest at the parish church ; (4) -bottle, a small
cask or barrel with handles in which beer or cider is
carried to the fields at harvest-time ; (5) -bug, the lady-
bird, Coccinella septempitnctata ; (6) -cart, the cart carrying
the last load of harvest; (7) -dam, harvest-home; (8)
•day, a day during harvest ; (9) -drink, (a) thin ale brewed
for harvest; (b) see (2); (10) -ears, deaf-ears; see
below; (n) -folks, workers engaged as harvesters; (12)
-gearing or -gears, the rails fixed on a cart for carrying
hay or corn ; (13) -gloves, special sheepskin gloves used
in binding corn into sheaves ; (14) -goose, (a) a goose pro-
vided at a harvest-supper; (b) a young goose fed on
stubble ; (15) -hog, a young sheep that is smeared at the
end of harvest, when it ceases to be a lamb ; (16) -home,
(a) the feast given by a farmer at the conclusion of the
harvest ; (b) winter ; (17) -hummard, a beetle very pre-
valent at harvest-time ; (18) -lady, the second reaper in
the row, who takes the place of the principal reaper, on
his occasional absence ; (19) -lice, the fruits of the common
agrimony, Agrimonia Eupatoria, and the goose-grass,
Galium Aparine ; (20) -lily, the great bindweed, Convol-
vulus septum • (21) -load, the last load carried in harvest ;
(22) -loaf, a large loaf, placed on the altar at a harvest-
festival, and afterwards divided amongst the poorest
villagers; (23) -lord, the principal reaper, who goes first
and whose motions regulate those of his followers ; (24)
•maiden, a figure formed of a sheaf, which surmounted
the last load of grain brought home ; (25) -man, (a) a
worker only employed at harvest-time ; (b) a kind of
spider with very long legs ; the cranefly, Tepula gigan/ea;
(26) -Monday, the Monday occurring about four weeks
before the anticipated commencement of the local harvest ;
(27) -moon, the September moon ; (28) -play, the holidays
of a school during the time of harvest ; the autumn holi-
days ; (29) -queen, the belle of the harvest-home dance ;
(30) -rig, (a) the harvest-field or field on which reaping
goes on ; (b) the couple, man and woman, who reap
together in harvest ; (31) -roup, the sale by auction held
at a harvest-fair; (32) -schelley, a variety of Salmo
lavaretus ; (33) -shearers, workers at the harvest ; (34)
-vaicance, see (28) ; (35) -wet or -whet, a beer frolic at
the commencement ofharvest.
(i) Nrf. GROSE (1790). e.Nrf. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1787".
e.Snf. I'm fatting this bullock for harvest-beef (F.H.). (2) Shr.1
(3) e.Yks. The ancient custom of ringing the harvest bell daily
during harvest at the parish church, Driffield, was begun yesterday.
The first bell is rung at five in the morning, and the evening bell
at eight. The parish clerk has performed this duty for fifty years,
HARVEST
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he having just completed his jubilee in that office, Dy. Mail (Aug.
23, 1898). (4) War. (J.R.W.) (5) Cum. In one or two localities,
notably at Skinburness (E.W.P.). (6) s.Not. It used to be
decorated with ash boughs, and the boys of the village rode
in it singing their traditional songs ; while of the bystanders
some threw water at them, others scrambled apples. ' Mester
[so and so] es got 'is corn, Well shorn, well mawn, Never
nulled ower, yet never stuck fast, And 'is 'arvest cart's comin home
at \ast,' Flk.Sng. (J.P.K.) Nhp.1 Oxf.1 MS. add. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
(7) Yks. (HALL.) ; (K.) (8) Ayr. A hairst day, wi' the mist lying
thick i' the glen, JOHNSTON Glenbuckie (1889) 58. Som. When
zummertime is passin An harras das be vine, JENNINGS Obs. Dial.
w.Eng. (1825) 129. (9, a) w.Som.1 It is usually thin stuff, and
' fresh ' or new. ' I be very zorry, zir, we 'ant nort in house but
harrest-drink, and you widn care much about that, I reckon.' (b)
Shr.1 ' They'n got some o' the best owd beer at Goff 's o' Wes'ley
as ever I tasted.' 'Aye, they wun al'ays noted fur good 'arr6ost-
drink." (10) Nhp.1 'You've got your harvest ears on, I can't
make you hear.' This expression may have arisen from the
custom of hooting loudly in the harvest field, to those who are at
a distance. 1^11) Dmf. The hairst folks gaun a-field, THOM Jock o'
Knowe (1878) 3. (12) Chs.1 ; Chs.2 Thrippows the harvest-geers
of carts and waggons, which are moveable and put on only when
hay or corn is to be carried (s.v. Thrippows). s.Chs.1 The
harvest-gearing consists of front and back thrippas (s.v. Cart).
(,13) nw.Dev. ' (14, a) Shr. The great aim, and the chief subject
of self-congratulation, is that all the corn should be safely ' lugged '
or ' carried ' . . . without overthrowing a single load. The penalty
for overthrowing, used, in the old times, to be the loss of the
goose at the harvest-supper. Whatever other good things there
might be, this, which was otherwise the labourer's due, was
forfeited if a load was overthrown, BURNE Flk-Lore (1883) 375 ;
Shr.1 (b) IT. (W.J.K.) (15) Sc. (JAM.) (16, «) Nhb., Dur. Of
which our Harvest Home and Mell Supper in the north are the
only remains, BRAND Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1777) 305. n.Lin.1, Oxf.1,
Brks.1 Bdf. Hickely, hockely, harvest home ! Three plum-
puddings are better than none, Want some water and can't get
none ! (J.W.B.) (6) Sc. Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 435. '17) Lin.1
(18) Lin.1 e.An.1 The second reaper in the row, who does not
seem to have been ever so regularly greeted by the title, except
on the day of harvest-home. e.Suf. (F.H.) (19) Hmp. WISE
New Forest (1883) 283 ; The fruits of both species are covered with
small hooks, by which they cling to the clothes (15. & H.) ; Hmp.1
(20) Sur. (B. & H.) (21) Nnp.2 (22) Hmp. (W.M.E.F.) (23)
Lin. THOMPSON Hist. Boston (1856) 709 ; Lin.1, e.An.1, e.Suf.
(F.H.) (24)80. A sweet and winsome lassie was Mary Campbell. . .
No harvest maiden or other merrymaking was complete without
her, SWAN Gates of Eden (1895) iv. (25, a) Hrt. A month's man,
or, as we call it, a harvestman, ELLIS Mod. Husb.(i-]^o]: I. vi. (6)
n.Lin.1 Nhp.2 One of those insects which superstition protects
from wanton injury. Their abundance is supposed to denote a dry
harvest. Ess. N. & Q. (1853) ist S. vii. 152. Wil.1 Dor. BARNES
Gl. (1863) ; N. & Q. (1877 5th S. viii. 45. (26) n.Sc. Certain
days known as ' feein' Friday,' ' hairst Monday,' and such like. . . .
' Hairst Monday' occurring about four weeks before the anticipated
commencement of the local harvest, GORDON Carglcn Vi8gi; 66.
(27) Sc. I notice that the hairst munes a' rin vera like the seed
anes, OCHILTREE Redburn (1895) ii. Sh.I. Glower an' glower
till ivery ee wis lack a hairst miin, STEWART Tales (1892)
252. Frf. They baith slaid awa" in the bricht hair'st-mune,
Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1893) 439. Fif. Like a raw O' hairst-
moons down the table, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 24. Lnk. Ye
micht glower through the reek at the bonny hairst mune, HAMIL-
TON Poems ( 1865) 150. Ayr. Weel do I like the braid hairst moon,
Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 109. Gall. We may know by the
sublime science of Astronomy — ' That the Harrist Moon Rises nine
nights alike soon,' MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824) 254, ed. 1876.
s.Sc., s.Ir., Lan. HARLAND & WILKINSON Flk-Lore (1867) 250.
(28) Sc. (H.E.F.) Abd. Mr. Peterkin was wont, when the hairst
play came, to hire himself out as a raker, ALEXANDER Johnny Gibb
(1871) ix. (29) Edb. Thus to be placed at e'en, An' be amang that
happy band, The dautit harvest queen, M°DOWALL Poems (1839)
218 ; The chiel the harst queen's heart has won, ib. 222. (30, a)
Sc. Will ye gang out and see the hairst-rig ? (JAM.) Fif. There
never was sic chaft-blade blatter On hairst-rigs or on crafts,
TENNANT Papistry (1827) 116. Ayr. No courtier ever showed
more gallantry towards the fair sex than did the youths on the
hairst-rig, WHITE Jottings (1879) 48. Kcb. So unlike auld Millha'
on the hairst rig, ELDER Borgue (1897) 31. (b) Cld. (JAM.) (31)
Sh.I. Dey hed a cow ... an dey were of a mind to sell her at da
Hairst Roup for da rent, BURGESS Lowra Biglan ^1896) 55. (32)
Cum. In the autumnal months, a larger species weighing from
seven to twenty ounces, is taken (but in smaller quantities) along
with the trout, &c. These are of a much superior quality, and are
denominated Harvest Schelley, HUTCHINSON Hist. Cum. (,1794) I.
463- (33) Slk. Country maidens, such as ewe-milkers, . . har'st-
shearers. HOGG Tales (1838) 359, ed. 1866. (34) e.Fif. As
impatient ... as any thochtless schule-laddie ever was for the
hairst-vaicance, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxii. (35) Nrf. (E.M.)
2. Phr. (i) back of harvest, after the harvest ; (2) head of
harvest, the most important part of the harvest when the
grain is all cut ; (3) tail of harvest, the end or finish of the
harvest; (4) a hog in harvest, a young sheep that is
smeared at the end of harvest, when it ceases to be a
lamb; also called Harvest-hog (q.v.) ; (5) just your 'harvest,
just what suits you, just what you like ; (6) to owe one a
day in harvest, to owe one a good turn ; (7) as welcome as
frost in harvest, very inopportune ; (8) to take a harvest, to
engage oneself as a harvest-labourer.
(i) Shr.1 ' Wen's yore wakes, Turn ? ' ' Oh, back o' 'arr6ost ' ;
Shr.2 At the back o' quern harrast. (2) Abd. Gin ye hed seen 'im
as I did, i' the vera heid o' hairst gyaun stoitin' aboot amo' the
stocks at's leasure, ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (,1882) 67. (3) Kcd. It
fell aboot the tail o' hairst. . . The craps were maistly i' the yard,
GRANT Lays (1884) 52. (4) Sc. The central dish was a yearling
lamb, called • a hog in har'st,' roasted whole, SCOTT Waverley
(1814) xx. s.Sc. Ask a thief, what's the best mutton, he'll
answer ' a hog's the better mutton in harst,' meaning that a young
sheep, called a hog, can be eaten sooner after being killed than
one that's older (JAM.). (5) Glo. (S.S.B.) (.6) Sc. The morn's a
new day and Lord Evandale awes ye a day in har'st, SCOTT Old
Mortality (1816) xxxii ; ' Aye, you owe him a day in hairst.' ' I
owe him my wife. No harvest day will ever pay for that,' KEITH
Bonnie Lady (1897) 207. (7) s.Sc. Aboot as welcome as frost i'
hairst, I trow, SNAITH Fiercelieart (1897) 65. (8) Abd. The geet
being now six months old, was spean't, and Baubie ' took a hairst,'
ALEXANDER Ain Flk. (1882) 227. Frf. Gen. said of persons who
have other occupations in the village, and who take the oppor-
tunity to make some extra money in harvest-time (W.A.C.).
3. The autumn crop of any kind, not restricted to wheat.
Bdf. This term implies all the fruits of autumn, including beans.
Clover, however, is not included, as it comes later in the year
(J.W.B.).
4. Autumn.
Sc. Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 435 ; I was in London last harvest,
Scoticisins (1787) 45. Sh.I. Mi Uncle Lowrie 'at deed da year
afore last i da hairst, BURGESS Sketches (2nd ed.) 88. Per. Our
summer's short, our hairst is cauld, MONTEATH Dunblane (1835)
108. ed. 1887.
5. v. To work in the harvest-field, gather in the corn.
Bnff.1 They wir hairstin' a' the ook. n.Cy. (J.W.) Shr.2 My
mon's gwun a harrasting. Ken.1 ' Where's Harry ? ' ' Oh ! he's
harvesting 'long with his father ' ; Ken.2 w.Som.' He bin to work
along vor Mr. Bird harrestin, but now he ant a got nort to do.
Hence (i) Hairstan, Harresting, or Harroosting, vbl.
sb. the act of getting in the corn or harvest ; (2) Harvester,
sb. (a) a worker employed to assist in gettingin the harvest ;
(b) a harvest-bug or small insect, prevalent about harvest-
time.
(i) Bnff.1 Shr.1 Our Dick's gwun 66th Jack Sankey an' a lot
on 'em down t6ert Atchaman' Emstrey a-'arr&ostin'. w.Som.1 We
cant 'tend to no such jobs as that there, while the harrestin's
about. (2, a) Ken.12 (i) n.Lin.1, War.3, Brks.1
HARVEST-SHREW, sb. Stf. War. Won Shr. Hrf.
Glo. Oxf. Wil. Also in forms artishrew Glo.1 2 ; artishow
Shr.1; artisrobe m.Wor. ; artistrowGlo.1; hardi-shraow
se.Wor.1; hardishrew Stf.1 w.Wor.1; hardistraw w.Wor.1
Hrf.2; hardistrew s.Wor. ; hardistrow s.Wor.1; hardy-
shrew Glo.; hartistrawGlo.1; harvest-row Wil.1; harvest-
shrow Oxf. ; harvest-trow Wil.1 The shrew or harvest-
mouse, Mus minimus. Cf. ard-srew.
Stf. (K.), Stf.1, War.3, m.Wor. (J.C.), w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.),
s.Wor.1, se.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf. (W.W.S.), Hrf.2 Glo. Horae
Subsecivae (1777) 203; Glo.12 Oxf. (G.E.D.) ; Science Gossip
(1882) 165. Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825); Wil.1 n.Wil. The
nests of the ' Harvest Trow ' — a still smaller mouse, seldom seen
except in summer, JEFFERIES Wild Life (1879) 186 ; T'ean' a
mouse — 'tis a Harvest- row (E.H.G.).
HARWICH, see Harriage.
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HASE, sb. e.An. [ez.] The liver, heart, and lights of
a pig; these parts seasoned, wrapped up in the omentum,
and roasted. e.An.1, Nrf. (HALL.) Cf. haslet.
HASE, HASEL, see Haze, v.\ Hazel, sb.1
HASH, sb.1 Nhb. Lan. [h)aj.] 1. A sheep's lights
boiled, then minced small and stewed with onions. Nhb.1
2. Comp. Hash-pudding, a large dumplingeaten at sheep-
shearing ; a mess made of sheep's heart chopped with
suet and sweet fruits. ne.Lan.1
HASH, s/>.2 and v. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Yks. Not War.
Hnt. Also in form ash n.Yks. [h)aj, aej.] 1. sb. A
mess, muddle ; a confused mass ; disorder in money matters.
Bnff.1 The death o' the aul ooman made a hash nae ordinar
amo' them : she kcepit thim a' thegeethir. He's a' till a hash.
His maitters are a' in a hash. Abd. We gave them such a volley
this time that they did not come to close quarters. A great hash
o' them fell, and the rest galloped off, Dteside Tales (1872) 87.
Per. You'll see a hash ere a' be dune, FORD Harp (1893) 346.
n.Cy. (J.W.), Not.8
2. Careless, wasteful use ; destruction.
Bnff.1 There's an awfu' hash aboot that fairm-toon : ilky bodie
haiks through a' thing.
Hence (i) Hash-loch, sb. waste, refuse; (2) -mash, adv.
slap-dash ; (3) -metram, adv . in a state of disorder, topsy-
turvy ; (4) Hashrie, sb. destruction from carelessness.
(j) Gall. MACTAGGART Encyd. (,1824) 256, cd. 1876. (a) Lnk.
I've done war deeds than dash your heads Hash-mash against
the hallen, WATT Poems (1827) 65. 13) Sc. (JAM.) (4) Rxb. (ib.)
3. A noise, tumult ; strife, rioting ; ribald talk, nonsense.
Bnff.1 The tail . . . o' the market wiz a real hash ; the lads wir
a' lickin' ane anither aboot thir lasses. Ther's an unco hash
amo' the freens aboot the old bodie's siller. Abd. Ye began wi"
sic a hash, And fear'd my bairn, BEATTIE Parings (1801) 43, ed.
1873. Nhb. (R.O.H.)
4. Phr. to settle one's hash, to overcome a person com-
pletely. In gen. slang use.
Sh.I. Tak' de tedder an' gie da grice a gud slaag or twa ower
his lugs. Dat'll settle his hash, S/i. News (Nov. 6, 1897). Nhb.
Their hash was sattlcd, So off we rattled, ALLAN Tyneside Sags.
(ed. 1891) 96; (R.O.H.) Cum.4 Lword Nelson settlt t'French ther
hash at sea, SARGISSON Joe Scoap (1881 ; 105. n.Yks. Ah'll sattle
your ash for you, if you don't be quiet (I.W.). War.3 The pack
very sharply settled his hash [killed the fox], B'liam Dy. Gazette
(Feb. 18, 1899^.
5. A heavy fall of rain.
Sh.I. Gad keep a' frae a hash o' weet i' da tatties, S/i. News
(Oct. 22, 1898).
Hence Hashy, adj. wet, sleety, slushy.
Lth., Bwk. A hashy day (JAM.). Nhb.1 After snow begins to
melt upon the ground it is, more especially if rain be falling,
'hashy walking." The sea agitated by short turbulent waves is
termed hashy.
6. A wasteful, slovenly person ; one who talks nonsense,
a fool ; a scamp ; also used as a term of endearment for
a boy.
Sc. ' What was I wanting to say ? ' answered Jenny . . . ' Ye
muckle hash ! ' SCOTT Old Mortality 1,1816) xxviii ; There he sat, a
muckle, fat, white hash of a man, STEVENSON Catriona (1893) xv.
Cal.1 Fif. Time . . . leaveth nocht to modern hashes But idle
tales and empty clashes, TENNANT Papistry (1827) 214. e.Fif.
' Ye may say sae,' remarkit anither smysterin hash, as she tane
a hearty sook o' the buttersaps, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) ii.
Slg. \Vha jeering snash, An' ca' me tentless, fretfu' hash, Mum
Poems (1818) 25. s.Sc. He's a spiritless hash— and no little 's the
disgrace he's like to bring upon us a', WILSON Tales (1836) II. 163.
Cld. (JAM.) Dmb. A young man was thought a wricked hash
That had seduced a virtuous lass, TAYLOR Poems (1827) 90. Rnf.
Crappie, the other night, poor hash ! Wi' hunger, took sae sair
a brash, PICKEN Poems (1813) I. 61. Ayr. A poor doylt druken
hash, BURNS Sc. Drink 1,1786) st. 15. Lnk. Clear the house of
mony a hash Wi' empty brains, MUIR Minstrelsy (1816) 67. Lth.
[I] feel — ye hash, wi' a' your duds on, For you attractions like a
loadstone, MACNEILL Poet. Wks. (1801) 47, ed. 1856. Edb. 'Tis
no in poortith, or in cash, To curb a genius, change a hash,
McDoWALL Poems (1839) 33. Bwk. Wha e'er believe Betty's tales
are a' silly hashes, HENDERSON Pop. Rhymes (1856) 98. Feb.
The nauseous mixture fell Wi' jaws upon the sprawling hash,
Mai.it choak'd wi' th' taste and smell, Lintoun Green (1685) 62, cd.
1817. SU. Oh! hoo I hate to hear a hash insist— insistin that
you shall tell a story, CHR. NORTH Nodes (ed. 1856) IV. 269.
Gall. In truth ilk worthy hash In estimation high is held
By big Sir Balderdash, MACTAGGART Encyd. (1824), ed. 1876.
N.I.', n.Cy. (HALL.), N.Cy.i Nhb. Ye greet blubberin hash
(R.O.H.) ; This ye sud let some chiel done for ye, My boasting
hash, DONALDSON Poems (1801) 215. Cum.4 Tho' ye was rash, I'll
scorn to wrang ye, senseless hash, Daft Bargain, 1. 17.
Hence (i) Hash-a-pie, sb. a lazy, slovenly, greedy fellow;
(2) Hasbly, adv. in a slovenly manner; (3) Hashy, adj.
slovenly, careless, destructive.
(i ) Sc. (JAM.) (a) Lnk. In hoden grey right hastily clad,
RAMSAY Poems (1721) II. 388, ed. 1800 lib.}. (3) Sc. (JAM.), Cai.1
7. v. To slash, hack ; also used fig.
Sc. Hagging and hashing at Christ s kirk, STEVENSON Catriona
(1893) xv. Per. All raging there in blood, they hew'd and hash'd,
FORD Harp (1893) 6. Ayr. They hack'd and hash'd, while braid-
swords clash'd, BURNS Battle of Sheriffmuir, St. 2. Edb. Sortin'
sairs an' broken banes Whan hash't an' smash't wi' coals an'
stancs, FORBES Poems (18121 86. Rxb. A broom-stick take, and
hash and smash, And all the ware to pieces dash, WILSON Poems
(1824) 37.
8. To spoil, damage, destroy, make a mess of.
Sc. To hash grain, to injure it by careless reaping (JAM.) ; Ye're
in your right to ask for my authority to interfere . . . — to hash,
may be, other folks' weft. COBBAN Andaman (.1895) xiii. Cai.1
To hash one's clothes. To hash the material in which one works.
Edb. Winter's sour, Whase floods did erst their mailin's produce
hash, FERGUSSON Poems 1,1773) 162, ed. 1785. Not.1
Hence Hashing, ppl. adj. wasteful, destructive ; over-
flowing, as of a flood.
Bnff.1 He's a hashin' servan' : he blaads mair nor he's worth.
Edb. Hashin', splashin', white or gray, O'er the dam-head, FORBES
Poems (1812) 99.
9. To bruise, ill-treat.
Lnk. How unfeclin' wretches will Poor brutes torment an' hash,
an' kill, WATT Poc »is (1827) n. Nhb.1 The horse was gye sair
hashed.
10. To grind corn partially. Nhb.1 Hence Hashed, ppl.
adj. crushed, ib.
HASH, sb.3 Som. A rash on the skin. (W.F.R.)
HASHIE, adj. Sc. ? Rough, coarse.
Edb. Characters with deformed legs, and thrawn necks, and
blind eyes, and hashie lips, MOIR Mansic Wnuch (1828) xii.
HASHINESS,.s6. Sc. Carelessness in dress, slovenli-
ness. See Hash, sb?
Fif. The elder sister, fikey and perjink, was severe on a younger
brother's hashiness, COLVII.LE Vernacular 1,1899: 17.
HASHTER, sb. and v. Ayr. (JAM.) Also in form
hushter. [ha'Jtsr.j 1. sb. Work ill-arranged or exe-
cuted in a slovenly manner. 2. v. To work in a hurried,
slovenly, and wasteful manner. Hence Hashtered, ppl.
adj. hurried.
HASHY, sb. Sc. Also in form hassie Lth. (JAM.)
[ha'Ji.J 1. A mess, muddle, confusion ; noise, riot; also
used attrib.
Bnff.1 It is somewhat more emphatic than hash. Cld., Lth. (JAM.)
2. An old sermon preached over again.
Feb. Being often abroad in the service of God He dealt out his
hashies at hame, AFFLECK Poet. Wks. (1836) 104; Yc've gien him
a call to oppose Dr. Hall ; He'll feed you wi' hashies belyve.
ib. 105.
[1. Fr. hachis,a. hacheyor hachee,minced meat(CoTGR.).]
HASK, adj.1, sb.1 and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel.
and Eng. Also written haske Cum.1 w.Yks.2 ; and in
forms arsk w.Yks.2; ask ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 w.Yks.2345
Lan.1 m.Lan.1 Chs.1 Stf.12 nw.Der^n.Lin.'sw.Lin.1 War.3;
aske Cum.1 ; asp e.Yks.1 ; haisk Slk. Dmf. (JAM.) ; harsk
n.Yks.2; harske w.Yks.2; hosk Chs.1; yask s.Chs.1
[h)ask.] 1. adj. Of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly
cold.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 A hask wind is keen and
parching. Cum. (J.Ar.), s.Wm. (J.A.B.), n.Yks. (R.H.H.),
ne.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 ; w.Yks.s Damp and unsettled. n.Lan. (W.S.) ;
ii. Lan.1 A keen frosty wind is said to be ' varra hask.' ne.Lan.1,
m.Lan.1 Chs. Th' snow lay thick upo' th' ground, an' th' hask
wind kept moanin' an" wailin', CHOSTON Enoch Crump (1887) 8;
Chs.1 A cold, dry east wind is said to be a hosk wind ; Chs.3
Stf.2 Its veri ask Jiis mornin, % winds got raind to5 1st. Der.2
HASK
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nw.Der.1 It's a eest wind ; it's very 'ask en drey. Not.3 Lin.
STREATFEILD Lin. anti-Danes (1884") 265. sw.Lin.1 How ask and
parched I am ! — Oh, it's the weather, and the ask winds, and that.
Hence (i) Haskiness, sb. dryness and insipidity of food ;
the parched condition of land ; (2) Haskish, adj. dry,
harsh ; (3) Haskness, sb. dryness, harshness ; (4) Hasky,
adj. dry, parched.
(i) n.Yks.2 (a) w.Yks. (JE.B.* (3) w.Yks.3 (,4) Sc. GROSE
(1790) MS. add. (C.) Gall. For her he shook the hasky strae,
NICHOLSON Poet. Wks. (18141 137, ed 1897. N.I.1, Cav. (M.S.M.)
n.Yks. Them turnips teeasts hasky ^I.W.) ; n.Yks.4 w.Yks. Leeds
Merc. Sitppl. (May 30, 1891) ; w.Yks.24 Chs. Old people frequently
speak of dry, piercing winds, as asky winds ; and dry, cold, windy
weather is often spoken of as asky weather, Sheaf (1879) I. 271 ;
Chs.1, s.Chs.1, Stf.1, Not. (L.C.M.) Shr.1 'Ard an' 'asky land.
2. Rough to the touch ; stiff, unyielding ; hard, brittle
and difficult to work ; also used advb.
Bwk., Rxb. (JAM.), N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Hask is also applied to the
sense of feeling when anything from its touch appears unpleasantly
dry or hard. Coarse worsted is hask to the feeling. ' Hask coal '
is very hard, brittle coal ; or coal that is ' winded,' or woody in
texture. Dur. GIBSON Up-Weardale Gl. (1870^; Dur.1 s.Dur.
Spoken of any material with a coarse surface. ' It feels varra hask '
(J.E.D.). Lakel.2 It maks yan's hands hask to howkamang lime.
Cum. Of a horse's coat, without gloss, harsh and rough to the
touch (J.Ar.) ; A dry, aske weeping — no tears, DALBY Mayroyd
(1880) III. 49; Cum.1 Your cow hez a hask hide on her. n.Yks.1 ;
n.Yks.2 ' As harsk as sawcum,' as sawdust ; spoken of bread. ' As
hask as chopped hay ' ; n.Yks.34 ne.Yks.1 T'grass is bad ti cut, it's
varra ask at t'boddum. e.Yks. Deficient in moisture ; spoken
more particularly of food, as bread, MARSHALL Rtir. Econ. (1788) ;
e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. His skin's varry ask, t'doctor says
(J.R.) ; ' It handles ask,' might be said of wool if dried too quickly
on a stove, Leeds Merc. Stiff/. (May 30, 1891); w.Yks.1 'Hask
grass,' rough, coarse grass. Also rigid or harsh to the touch, as
' This cow handles vara hask' ; w.Yks.3 It's varry ask and drau,
and hasn't natur in it it owt to have ; w.Yks.4 Not. ' It made my
hair hask' or 'my hair became hask' (W.H.S.). n.Lin.1 Strong
clay land when baked by the sun is said to be very ask. ' You
ha'nt anuther bit o' land . . . oht like as ask as th' top end o' th'
Wood Cloas is.' sw.Lin.1 'That cloth is stiff to work ?' ' Yes, it's
hask, it's very hask.' War.3 Lon. Then it always feels hask to
the hand, MAYHEW Land. Labour (1851 ; 1.443. Hmp. (H.C.M.B.)
Hence Hasky, adj. harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ;
also usedyzg'. and advb.
s.Don. Stony ground hard to dig is called hasky (D.A.S.).
n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 T'breead's that asky Ah can't eeat it. w.Yks.2
The hands of bricklayers are said to be hasky when they are
covered with lime and dry. s.Chs.1 We say, when a person has
heard something unpleasant, ' It went daayn vcri aas'ki widh im'
[It went dam very hasky with him1. Not. (L.C.M. ), Not.1 Lei.1
The skin is dry and hasky. Nhp.2 A person affected with a severe
scorbutic affection described her face as ' very hasky.'
3. Bitter, sour, tart, harsh to the taste.
e.Yks. NICHOLSON Flk-Sf. (i88g) 66 ; e.Yks.1 Give us another
lump o' seeagur [sugar], teea's se hask. w.Yks. Leeds Merc.
Suffl. (May 30, 1891); w.Yks.2 Said of sour plums, &c. n.Lin.
SUTTON Wds. (1881); n.Lin.1 The Sale's as ask as whig. s.Lin.
I can't eat sloes, they're so hask i' yer mouth ^T.H.R.).
Hence Hasky, adj. harsh, bitter ; fig. ill-natured, harsh,
severe.
s.Don. A man who is unkind to his children and severe with
them is called a hasky father (D.A.S.). Cav. Mrs. Brady is a
hasky neighbour (M.S.M.). Lan.1 This ale has an asky taste.
4. Dry, husky, hoarse.
Nhb. A hask cough (R.O.H.). e.Lan.1 Not. She seems to have
such a hask cough on her (L.C.M.J.
Hence Hasky, adj. husky.
Sc. GROSE Vi79o) MS. add. kC.) N.I.1, w.Yks.24, Stf.1, Shr.1
5. sb. A sharp, biting wind. Not. (W.H.S.)
6. Dryness ; sharpness, crispness, as in cotton. w.Yks.
(J.W.), w.Yks.2
7. A hoarse, dry cough; acoughto which animals,esp.calves,
are subject, caused by worms in the windpipe. Cf.husk,.^.1
Nhb. (.R.O.H.), Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Iv bo wuz mai'kin dhaat- aas'k,
6o)d aav u oos on ur [If hoo was makin' that hask, hoo'd have a
hooseonher; of a cow]. Dhaat- ky'aay)z got-n u naas'ti aas'k
[That cai's gotten a nasty hask]. Shr.1 'E's gotten sich a 'ask on
Mm. Wil. LISLE Husbandry (1757) 343 ; Wil.1, Som. (W.F.R.)
8. v. Toemitashort,drycough; to clear the throat; tomake
a noise as a dog does when anything sticks in its throat.
Ayr. Spettin an' haskin (F.J.C.). Dmf., Slk. (JAM.), Nhb.
(R.O.H.), Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Dhee'ur dhaa sits, baas'kin tin yaas'kin
[Theer tha sits, baskin' an" yaskin']. Aa'rkn fit dhaaf ky'aat'
yaas-kin ; put ur throo)th win'du, els 6o)l bi sik ijdhaays [Hearken
at that cat yaskin' ; put her through th' window, else hoo'll be
sick i' th' haise].
Hence Hasked, ppl. adj. dry, parched.
m.Yks.1 The throat is said to be hasked when parched.
HASK, sb.2 Sh.I. A haze on the horizon foreboding
wind. See Ask, sb.2
A skubby hask hings, icet-gray, JUNDA Klingrahool (1898) 22 ;
JAKOBSEN Norsk in Sh. (1897) 69.
HASK, adj.2 Not. Written ask. [Not known to our
other correspondents.] Foolish, not quite right in the
head. (J.S.j!)
HASK,sb.3 Sc. Nhb. [hask.] The throat, the soft palate.
Ayr. (F.J.C.) Nhb.1 ' Pap o' the hask ' is the uvula.
[Cp. haskwort, a name given by Lyte to the halswort
(G. halskrant), also called throatwort, the Campanula
Trachelium (N.E.D.).]
HASKETS,s&./>/. Dor. Also written hasketts. Hazel
and maple bushes ; brushwood.
Whether the inhabitants of the parish of Tollard Farnham, in
the county of Dorset, have the right to cut and take fagots or
haskets of the underwood growing upon . . . the common, KELLY
Law Reports (1878) Excli. Dili. 111.363; w. Gazette (Feb. 15, 18891 7.
HASKIN, sb. Hmp. Aninferiorkindof cheese. (J.R.W.)
HASKING, see Huskin(g.
HASKY, adj. n.Sc. (JAM.) 1. Rank, strong, luxuriant,
applied to growing corn or vegetables ; also to a man.
'A hasky carl,' a big raw-boned man.
2. Coarse to the taste, unpalatable ; dirty, applied to
work ; slovenly, applied to a person.
HASLE, sb. Ess. Sus. [Not known to our other corre-
spondents.] [ae'sl.] An iron to hang pots on over the
fire. (P.R.)
HASLE, see Hay, sb.1, Hazle, sb.1
HASLET, sb. Sc. Chs. Lin. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf.
Glo. Brks. Suf. Ken. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Also written hasslet
GIo.1 ; and in forms acelet Chs. Brks.1 ; acelot Ken.1 ;
aislet Ken. ; arslet Ken.1 ; aslat w.Wor.1 se.Wor.1 Shr.2
Hrf.2 Glo. Ken.; azlitse.Wor.1; harcelets.Wor^Glo.Ken.12;
harslet Chs.1 Lin. War.2 Shr.1 Glo.1 e.Suf. Ken.1 Hmp.
Wil. ; hastelet e.Suf. ; hauslet Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) [a'slit,
a'zlit, ae'zlit.] 1. The liver, lights, &c. of a pig ; occas.
of a cow, sheep, or other animal. Cf. haste, sb.
Sc. (JAM. Suppl.) Slk. Houk the haslet of the hind, HOGG
Queer Bk. (1832) 36. Chs. The liver and lights of a cow, sheep,
or pig, Sheaf (1884} III. 195; Chs.1, War.2, w.Wor.1, se.Wor.1,
Shr.12, Hrf.2, Glo.12, Suf.1, e.Suf. (F.H.), Ken.1, Hmp.1 I.W.
Reserving the lebb, pluck, and haslet, MONCRIF.FK Dream (1863)
1. 36 ; I.W.1 Also, the edible parts of a calf's viscera ; I.W.2, Wil.
(G.E.D.)
2. A dish made of the entrails or trimmings of a pig ;
also used of griskin.
Lin. The minced meat prepared for sausages ; inclosed and
cooked in the caul of the hog, THOMPSON Hist. Boston (1856) 709 ;
Lin.1 s.Lin. Savoury pig cheer made like a sausage about six
inches in thickness. A favourite Lin. dish (T.H.R.). Nhp.1 The
small pieces cut off, in trimming the hams and flitches of a singed
pig ; these cuttings are made into pork pies, or haslet-pies, as they
are called, and it is customary in many villages for the farmers'
wives to send one of these pies, with some pig's puddings, as
presents to their neighbours. In some places the griskin is termed
haslit. w.Wor.1 A dish composed of these parts [liver, &c. of a
pig] wrapped in the caul, and baked with sage and onions,
s. Wor.1 Shr.1 Obsol. The heart, liver, and lights of a pig taken
out entire — with the wind-pipe attached. 'We shanna a to bwile
the pot o' Friday, theer'll be the 'aslet fur the men's dinners.'
Glo. (A.B.), Brks.1 Ken.1 ; Ken.2 They mix some fat bits and lean
of the pork, and roast all together. s.Hmp. The heart and lights
or lungs of a hog, all mixed up and boiled together. HOLLOWAY.
[1. He britnej out be brawen ... & hat3 out J>e hast-
lettej, Gawayne (c. 1360) 1612. Fr. (Norm, dial.) hdtelet,
' region des cotes du pore ; cotelette appartenant a cette
region ' (Moisv).]
HASLIG
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HASSBILES
HASLIG, sb. Sh.I. The wool on the neck of a sheep.
Cf. halse-lock, s.v. Halse, sb.1
I turn'd her [a ewe] up an' begood ta roo her haslig, Sft. News
'Jan. 13, 1900).
HASLING-PIECES, sb. pi. w.Som.1 [a'slin-pisiz.]
Upright pieces of wood fixed from the floor to the roof in
an attic, to form the sides of a room, and to which the
laths and plaster are attached.
HASP, sb.1 and v. In gen. dial, use in Sc. Irel. Eng. and
Nfld. Also in forms apse Oxf. Wil. Dev. ; asp Not.3 ; esp
Cum.1 Not.3 ; haps Glo.1 Brks.1 Ken.2 Sur.1 Sus.1 Hmp.1
Wil.1 Dor.1 Som. Dev. Cor.123 Nfld. ; hapse Brks. Ken.1
Sus. Hmp. I.W.1 w.Som.1 Dev. Cor.1; heps Cor.13; hesp
Sc. N.Cy.1 Nhb. Dur.1 Lakel.12 Cum.12 n.Yks.124 ne.Yks.1
e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 w.Yks.12 n.Lan.1 ne.Lan.1 Not. n.Lin.1
sw.Lin.1 [h)asp, h)esp ; aeps, aps.] 1. sb. A latch ; a
fastening for a door, gate, or window, gen. consisting of
a loop and staple ; a clasp for the lid of a box, which falls
into the lock ; a clasp or buckle.
Or.I. (S.A.S.) Ayr. You might have disappointed him [a caller] ;
you had the hasp in your hand, HUNTER Studies (1870) 197. Gall.
He undid the hasp of the creaking front door of the manse,
CROCKETT Stickit Min. (1893) 230. Wgt. Shut him in and fixed
the hasp which rendered Jamie's exit equally impracticable for
the time being, FRASER Wigtown (1877) 352. Own. The black-
smith placed the hasp of the door upon the iron staple, LYTTLE
Betsy Gray (1894) 17. N.Cy.1, Nhb. (R.O.H.), Dur.1, Lakel.2,
Cum.2 n.Yks.1 The button which turns on a central pivot
and so clasps or fastens a window, &c., is specially indicated ;
n.Yks.24, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. One of the
staple trades of Leeds is the manufacture of hasps and catches,
Yksman. (1881) 197; w.Yks.12, n.Lan.1, Chs.1, nw.Der.1, Not.123,
s.Not. (J.P.K.) n.Lin. SUTTON Wds. (1881) ; n.Lin.1 s.Lin. Ah
must laa' in some new hesps ... or ah s'll be hevin' the gaats all
undone [left open] (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1 Shr.1 I lost the kay,
an' didna like to break the 'asp, so I knocked a bwurd out o' the
bottom; Shr.2, Glo.1, Oxf. :J.E.) Brks. (M.J.B.); Brks.1 The
withy tie used to secure hurdles to ' vawle staaykes ' or to each
other. Suf.1 Ken. (K.); Ken.1 The hasp [of the gatel is gone;
Ken.2, Sur.1, Sus. (K.), Sus.1, Hmp.1, I.W.1 Wil. The fastening
of a pair of braces, &c. In fact, the word is applied to almost any
kind of fastening (G.E.D.) ; SLOW Gl. (1892); Wil.1, Dor. ^C.W. ,
Dor.1 Som. Christopher stood dumbfounded, with his hand on
the hapse, RAYMOND Sam and Sabina (1894) 109 ; JENNINGS Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.1 Th' hapse o' the gate's a-tor'd, an
all the bullicks be a-go to road. s.Dev. (Miss D.) Cor. She
slammed the haps agen my hand, TREGELLAS Talcs, Betty While,
77 ; Cor.12
2. Phr. (i) to be all buckled with one hasp, not to be better
than one another ; (2) to be made to ride the hasp, to be
brought before one's superiors and reprimanded.
i) Ayr. They are a' buckled wi' ae hasp, JOHNSTON Glcnbuckie
1,1889)211. (a) Cor.1
3. A short half-door within the whole door often seen in
country shops. Also used ./?£•.
Cor.1 The lower half is kept shut, the top open. There is gen. a
bell fastened to it to give notice of a customer. 'She has more tongue
than teeth, she had better keep a heps before her mouth ' ; Cor.3
4. The tendril of a vine or climbing plant. Sur. Trans
Phil. Soc. (1854) 83.
6. v. To fasten the latch of a door, gate, or window ; to
secure by hitching a thing round another ; to fasten up
a box.
Sc. JAM.! Ayr. While's the purse that's hespet sleeve, Tines
a' its gatherings oot. Ballads and Sngs. (1847) II. 61. N.Cy.1
Nhb. Hasp the door, or window (R.O.H.). Cum. LINTON Lake Cy.
(1864)305. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. To fasten by a catch, but not a lock
(J.T.). ne-Lan.1, nw.Der.1 Not1; Not.3 Esp the door, I tell ye, if
yo doan't want to be blown up chimbley. s.Not (J.P.K.), Lin.
(W.W.S.) sw.Lin.1 Just hesp yon gate. Shr.a Brks. Gl. (1852);
Brks.1, Suf.1 Ken.1 Hapse the gate after you ! Wil.1 n.Wil.
Why don'ee haps the door? (E.H.G.) Som. JENNINGS Dial.
w.Eng. (1869) Gl. w.Som.1 Mind and hapse the door arter ee,
you do 'most always lef-m onhapsed. Dev. Apsen thickee geat
there, or us chell 'ave the cows awl awver the place avore marning,
HEWETT Peas. Sp. (1893). n.Dev. Well, Giles tha hatch as well
may hapse, ROCK Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 14. Cor. THOMAS Ran-
digal Rhymes (1895) Gl. [Nfld. (G.P.)]
Hence Hasped, ppl. adj. fastened up, secured.
Dev. You see, he was never yewsed to- be apsed up, Reports
Provinc. (1891).
6. To catch hold as a tendril does. Sur. Trans. Phil. Soc.
(1854) 83-
HASP, sb.2 Sc. Also in form hesp. [hasp, hesp.]
1. A hank of yarn, worsted, or flax ; gen. a definite quan-
tity, the fourth part of a spindle.
Sh.I. Hendry wis haddin' a hesp o' wirsid, BURGESS Sketches
{2nd ed.) 72. Cai.1 Bnff. The frequent ' charms ' were a ' hesp
of yarn,' with which some dementit old woman had hanged her-
self, GORDON Chron. Keith (1880) 61. Kcd. His pirns an' clews,
an' worsct hesps, [were] Beclairtit i' the glaur, GRANT Lays (1884)
8. Fif. About thirty years ago ... a hesp or slip . . . was thought
a sufficient day's work for a woman, Statist. Ace. VI. 43 (JAM.).
Slg. Twisted hard like ony hesp O' hempen thread, MUIR Poems
(1818) 14. s.Sc. I could neither mak' the parritch — nor wash,
nor spin, nor mak' up a hasp o' yarn to please her, WILSON Tales
(1839) V. 58. Rnf.To beet the hesp o'yarn, ALLAN Poems (1836)
113. Ayr. Anither kimmer would say her dochter was in bairn-
bed, and she was tell't to tak her withershins nine times through
a hesp o' unwatered yarn, to tak the cat through'! sungates aboot
as mony times again, and baudrons would hae the pains, SERVICE
Notandums (1890) 100. Lnk. She could not finish her hasp or
hank of yarn that night, HAMILTON Poems (1865) 209. Edb. Pro-
vidence seems a ravel'd hasp, PENNECUIK Helicon (1720) 26.
2. Phr. (i) to have a ravelled hasp, to be in a difficulty ; (2)
to make a ravelled hasp, to put a thing into confusion ; (3) to
redd or wind aravellcd hasp, to restorcorder,putthings right.
(i) Sc. Ye have gotten a revel'd hesp o't, RAMSAY Prov. (1737).
(2) Sc. (JAM.) (3) Sc. Left us a tangled hesp to wind, SCOTT
Retig. (1824) Lett. xi. Abd. Gin mammy miss, again, her bairn,
'Twill be a hesp o' ravel'd yarn, We winna redd, COCK Strains
(1810 I. 119. Dmb. There's plenty o' the raveled hasp Ml'Corklc
left to redd yet, CROSS Disruption (1844'; xxxvii. e.Lth. It was a
raivelled hasp he had to redd, HUNTER J. Inuiick (1895^ 32.
[1. Haspis of silke, Dest. Troy (c. 1400) 3899. Du./iaspe,
a haspe, or a reele ; haspen, to hasple or to rcele up thred
or yarne (HEXIIAM) ; Norw. dial, hespa, a hank or skein
of yarn (AASE.N).]
HASPAL, sb. Sc. Yks. Also written haspill w.Yks.5 ;
hasple Dmf. (JAM.) ; and in forms aspill, espill w.Yks.5
[h)a'spl.l 1. A sloven ; a clownish-mannered person ;
a silly fellow.
Dmf. A sloven, with his shirt-neck open (JAM.). Gall. MAC-
TAGGART Encycl. (1824). w.Yks. SCATCIIERD Hist. Morley (1830)
168, ed. 1874 ; w.Yks.5
2. An overgrown boy, a ' haspenald ' (q.v.). w.Yks.5
[Tirol, dial, liaspel, ' alberner Mensch ' (ScHOPF) ; Swab,
dial, haspele, 'cine sich iibcreilende Person' (BIRLINGER) ;
cp. Bavar. dial, hispel, 'alberner Mensch ' (SCHMELLER).]
HASPAT,s6. Obs. n.Cy. A stripling, a youth between
man and boy. (K.), GROSE (1790), N.Cy.2
[Half + spoilt (a youth), q.v.]
HASPENALD, sb. Obs. n.Cy. Yks. Also in form
haspenal n.Cy. A youth between man and boy ; an
overgrown boy; also in comp. Haspenald-lad, -tike.
n.Cy. (K.) ; GROSE (1790); N.Cy.2 w.Yks. SCATCHERD Hist.
Morlry ;i8so) 169, ed. 1874 ; w.Yks.1 Hee's waxen a gay, leathe-
wake, fendible, whelkin, haspenald tike, ii. 289 ; w.Yks.5
HASPERT,i6. w.Yks.1 ne.Lan.1 Also in form hespert
ne.Lan.1 [a'spat] A rough, uncultivated fellow.
HASPIN, sb.1 Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Lan. Also written
haspan s.Sc. (JAM.) [h)a'spin.] 1. A stripling. Cf.
haspat, haspenald.
s.Sc. A raw haspan of a callan ! Blackw. Mag. (May 1820) 164
(JAM.). n.Cy. (HALL.^1
2. An idle fellow, doing nothing but lounging about.
Cum. LINTON Lake Cy. (1864) 305. ne.Lan.1
HASPIN, sb.2 n.Cy. Lakel. Cum. Yks. Lan. Also in
form hespin Lake].1 Cum.4 [h)a'spin, h)e'spin.] A close-
fisted person, a miser ; a greedy and over-reaching man.
n.Cy. GROSE (1790). Lakel.1 An ole hespin. Cum.4 w.Yks.
HUTTON Tour to Caves (1781). ne.Lan.1
HASS, see Halse, sb.'
HASSBILES, sb. pi. Or.I. A skin-disease peculiar
to infancy, which produces patches of dry scab on the
head. (J.G.), QAM.) See Halse, sb.1 1.
HASSENS
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HASTINGS
HASSENS, sb.pl. Sh.I. Also written hassings ; hassins
S. & Ork.1 1. The bottom boards of a boat next to the
stern. (Coll. L.L.B.), S.& Ork.1 2. Comb. Hassins-fore-
and-aft, the boards that adjoin the keel about one-third of
its length. S. & Ork.1
HASSICK, HASSIE, MASSING, see Hussock, Hashy,
Hassens.
HASSLE, v. Cum. Also written hassel. [ha'sl.] To
hack at ; to cut with a blunt knife and with a sawing motion.
At week ould beard to hassel and hack Wid razor as blunt as
a saw, DICKINSON Cumbr. (1878) 238; A razor meaad oot of an
oald hand saw eh t'tudder, was shaven oa t'feaace on em. . . When
he'd hasselt at em till bleudd began teh cum, SARGISSON Joe Scoap
(1881 199; Cum.4
HASSLIN-TOOTH, see Axle-tooth.
HASSOCK, sb. In gen. dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also
written hassack Lin. Nhp.2 s.Pem. ; hassick Bch. I.W.1
Dor.1 ; and in forms assock s.Not ; hazzick Brks.1 ;
hossock n.Yks.4 ; hussick Sh.I. ; hussock Gall. n.Yks.1
ne. Yks.1 w. Yks.1 ne.Lan.1 Nhp.1 ; huzzick, huzzock s.Chs.1
[h)a-sak, ae'sak, irssk.J 1. A tuft of coarse grass, gen.
growing in boggy places ; a tuft of sedges, reeds, or rushes.
Also used attrib.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. Rounded tufts of grass in the fields, especially
those of the Carex paniculata, Linn., are called hassocks (R.O.H.).
Cum. Who should come up but Robbie Atkinson leading hassocks,
CAINE Hagar ^1887) III. 159. n.Yks.1 Large tufts of coarse grass
growing in boggy places in low pastures, or carrs, often nearly
or quite two feet high and twelve or fifteen inches in diameter in
the dry, pillar-like growth of root and stem above which the
herbage flourishes; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 Lan. Son John
went to th' fell for a double load of hassocks, WALKDEN Diary
(ed. 1866) 28; Wanting some hassock turf to top our stack with . . .
Son John led me 4 double loads home, ib. 30. Chs. Sheaf (1883)
III. 16 ; Chs.' The grass which forms hassocks is chiefly Aira
caespitosa; the sedges are Carex caespilosa and C. paniculata; Chs.3
Midi. Close under the bank, in the middle of a large clump of
' hassock ' grass, a moorhen has formed her nest, Cornh. Mag.
(Aug. 1892) 149. s.Not.All them'assocks wants diggin up (J.P.KA
Lin. MILLER & SKERTCHI.Y Fenland (1878) vi. n.Lin.1, Rut.1, Lei.1,
Nhp.12, War.3 s.Pem. The moor is covered with hassack, we must
boorn it (W.M.M.). Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.1 These hassocks in
bogs, were formerly taken up with a part of the soil, matted
together with roots, shaped, trimmed, and dressed, a sufficient
part of their shaggy and tufted surface being left, to make kneeling
much easier than on the pavement of the church, or the bare
boarded floor of a pew. Suf. RAINBIRD Agric. (1819) 301, ed.
1849 ; In these fens the original surface is rough and unequal
from the great tufts of rushes, &c., called hassocks, MARSHALL
Review (1811) III. 289. e.Suf. (F.H.), Sur.1 Hmp. The hassocks
or carex form a very marked feature, WHITE Selborne (1788) 20,
ed. 1853 ; A field in which the grass is tangled is said to be 'all of
a hassock ' (H.C.M.B.) ; Hmp.1, I.W.1, Dor.1 Dev. With much
difficulty I could step from one hassock to another in laying out
the drains, VANCOUVER Agric. (1807) 2&6, ed. 1813 ; (R.P.C.)
Hence Hassocky or Huzzicky, adj. of grass : coarse,
sedgy, matted together ; of land : abounding in hassocks.
s.Chs.1 Applied to hay, matted together and mouldy, the result
of its being got together in bad condition. Not.1, n.Lin.1, Lei.1,
Nhp.1 Hnt. A sort of coarse bad hassocky grass, MARSHALL Review
(1814) IV. 419.
2. Fig. A ' shock ' of hair.
Sc. His ain shaggy hassock of hair, SCOTT Rob Roy (1817) xxxiv.
Sh.I. (Coll. L. L.B.) Bch. The tither wis a haave colour' d smeer-
less tapie wi' a great hassick o' hair h.ingin in twa pennerets about
her haffats, FORBES Jrn. (1742) 17. Gall. His eyes shining from
under his hassock of grey hair, CROCKETT Grey Man (1896) xlix ;
MACTAGGART Encycl. (1824).
Hence Hassock-head, sb. a shock head ; a bushy and
entangled growth of coarse hair. e.An.1, e.Suf. (F.H.)
3. An ant-hill. Rut.1, Lei.1 Hence Hassock-hoeing,
vbl. sb. taking off the tops of ant-hills with a hoe. Rut.1
4. The surface-layer of turf, with heath, &c. upon it, cut
about three inches thick ; rotted sward such as appears
when a field is reploughed, and the grass of last year
exposed to view.
s.Sc. A large round turf of peat-moss, in form of a seat, and used
as such (JAM.). Wm. A thick square of peaty or rushy sod set
behind the hearth fire (J.H.). Chs.1, s.Chs.1
Hence Hassock-spade, sb. a tool used to get turfs from
the surface of a bog, made in the form of a crescent, and
fixed to a long handle, curved at the lower end. Chs.1
5. Anything growing in a thick, matted state ; a thick,
wooded shaw or little wood.
Brks.1 A wood usually of Scotch firs with much coarse rank
grass. Sus.12
6. The soft calcareous sandstone which separates the
beds of ragstone in Kent, used in building the interior
walls of churches ; stone-chippings used instead of gravel
for paths.
Ken. The calcareous sandstones in the Hythe beds are locally
termed hassock, RUTLEY Stud. Rocks (1879) XIV. 281 ; (W.F.S.) ;
This stone comes from the Kentish Rag quarries. . . It is called
' hassock ' and ' calk-stone ' by the workmen, RAMSAY Rock Spec.
(1862) 153.
Hence Hassocky, adj. stony. Sur.1
7. A large pond. Ken.1 8. Fig. A large, coarse woman.
w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1
[1. OE. hassuc, coarse grass, a place where such grass
grows (B.T.).]
HASTARD, adj. Sc. (JAM.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] Irascible.
HASTE, sb. Suf. The heart, liver, lungs, or lights of
an animal, esp. of a pig. Cf. hase, haslet.
Suf.1 e.Suf. ' Haste ' one hears from the old here, but their
juniors have not taken it up (F.H.).
Hence Hastelings, sb. pi. a pig's ' haste.' e.Suf. (F.H.)
[OFr. haste, ' broche, viande cuite a la broche, echinee
de pore ' (LA CURNE).]
HASTE, v. Sc. Irel. Lakel. Also written haiste Ayr. ;
and in form heest Sc. [best.] 1. To make haste, gen.
in imp.
Sc. Heest ye, man, and let me gang, GREY Misanthrope's Heir
(1897) i. Fif. Heest ye an' get tea ready, an' I'll setaff thenicht,
ROBERTSON Provost (1894) 49. Ayr. Haste ye fast, for I want to
have a choice o' beasts, JOHNSTON Kilmallie (1891) I. 76. Lnk.
Come, laddie, heest ye, bring the liquor ben, COGHILL Poems
(1890) 128. Ant. ( W.H.P.)
Hence Haster, sb. a violent storm of rain.
Lakel.2 When it's comen down a regular haster ye know what
ta deea.
2. In phr. to haste one's ways, to hasten one's steps, to
look sharp.
Ayr. Haiste ye're ways . . . but the house to the scullery, GALT
Laiiils (1826) xxxviii.
HASTELET, see Haslet.
HASTENE_R, sb. Nhb. Yks. Der. Not. Lei. Nhp. War.
Shr.Oxf. [h)e'san(r.] 1. Asemicircularscreenlinedwith
tin, placed behind meat roasting before the fire, to keep
the cold air off and hasten the cooking by reflected heat.
Nhb.Sw.Yks^nw.Der.^Not.SLei.1, Nhp.12, War.23, Oxf. (G.O.)
2. A long funnel-shaped tin vessel which can be thrust
deeply into the fire, used for warming ale, &c. War.2, Shr.1
HASTER, sb.1 Dur. Yks. Lan. Lin. Also written
haister w.Yks. n.Lan.1 [h)e-sta(r.] A ' hastener,' a
Dutch-oven.
Dur.1 w.Yks. Reight at top end wor a haister-looking thing
like wot's put before t'fire when a piece a beef iz rostin, TOM
TREDDLEHOYLE Fr. Exhebishan (1856) 29 ; w.Yks.2 Shoo tumbled
backards, and nockt haster uppat beef an t'beef into assnook ;
w.Yks.34, n.Lan.1, n.Lin.1
[Cp. OFr. hasteur, ' rotisseur' (LA CURNE).]
HASTER, sb.2 n.Cy. A surfeit. (HALL.)
HASTER, v. Sc. Also in form hasther Rnf. To
hurry, to drive to work ; to fluster.
Rnf. Ne'er fash your thume although your bairns Be hasthered
like a nigger, BARR Poems (1861) 158. Feb. But Meg wi' the
sight, was quite hastered, NICOL Poems (1805*1 II. 160 (JAM.).
HASTERED, ppl. adj. Lakel.2 Having the skin
roughened by contact with the weather, or disease.
HASTERN, adj. ? Obs. n.Sc. (JAM.) Also in form
hastered. Early, soon ripe. See Hastings.
Hastern aits, early oats.
HASTINGS, sb. pi. Suf. Sus. [e'stinz.] An early
variety of pea, Pisum sativum ; also used for green peas.
Suf. A day or two since I heard the cry ' Green Hastings.' . .
HASTIS
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HATCH
When a boy, fifty years ago, it was the usual cry for green peas,
Science Gossip (Aug. 1878) in (B. & H.). e.Snf. (F.H.) Sus.
N. V Q. (1884) 6th S. ix. 403.
[As loud as one that sings his part T* a wheel-barrow,
or turnip-cart, Or your new nick'd nam'd old invention To
cry green hastings, BUTLER Hud. (1664) Ep. toSidrophel, 22.]
HASTIS, adj. and adv. Dev. Cor. Also written
haestis Cor.2 [e'stis.] 1. adj. Hasty, hurried.
Cor. Ef tha arn't hastis thce shust hire tha hole, J. TRENOODLE
Spec. Dial. (1846 ' 23 ; Cor.1
2. Sudden. Cor.1 Hastis news.
3. adv. Hurriedly, hastily ; impatiently.
Dev. That I got all hastis To zee a gaarden vul o' bastes,
DANIEL Bride of Scio 11842) 185. Cor.2
4. Comb. Haestis-go-thurra, diarrhoea, ib.
HASTREL, sb. Rxb. (JAM.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] A confused person, one who is always
in haste.
HASTY, sb. Sc. Also in form heasty Sth. The
murrain which attacks cattle.
Cai. The most formidable of these distempers is called the
murrain (provinc. hasty), because the animal dies soon after it is
seized with it. The symptoms are these : the animal swells,
breathes hard, a great flow of tears from its eyes ; it lies down, and
in some cases is dead in the course of a few hours, Agric. Surv.
aoo (JAM.). Sth. The disease called murrain, or heasty, prevailed
among the black cattle of this county when the vallies were
covered with wood ; since these woods have decayed, this dis-
temper is little known, ib. 101.
HASTY, adj. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written haasty w.Yks. ; haaysty Brks.1 ; and in forms
eeasty n.Yks. ; heasty Abd. ; hyesty Nhb.1 1. In comp.
(1) Hasty-betty, the tin frame of a meat-jack ; cf. hastener;
(2) -brose, (3) -Dick, (4) -pudding or -poddish, oatmeal
porridge ; a pudding gen. made of milk and flour, see
below ; (5) -Rogers, the common nipplewort, Lapsana
communis ; (6) -whittle, an iron skewer heated red-hot
for the purpose of burning a hole through a piece of wood.
_ (i) w.Yks. Teat ligs i' fhasty-betty (W.M.E.F.) ; Th' cat wor
sittin' o'th'Hasty Bettywi'it feet tucked under it,purrin', HARTLEY
Clock Aim. (1887) 28. (2) Abd. Heasty-brose, which . . . are
rather tough to swallow, RUDDIMAN Sc. Parish (1828) 133, ed.
1889. (3) Oxf.1 (4) n.Cy. (HALL.) Nhb. Breakfast, every day-
hasty pudding and one gill of milk, MACKENZIE Hist. Nezucast/e
(1827) 541 ; Nhb.1, Bur.1 Lakel.2 Thick poddish and treacle.
Cum. With hot hasty pudding see some cramm'd, GILPIN Sngs.
(1866) 268 ; Cum.4 Thick pottage, — a dish which almost universally
formed the breakfast, and often the supper; it consisted of oatmeal
boiled with water to a thick pulp, and was eaten along with butter,
milk, treacle or beer. n.Yks. Pudding made of watmeeal [oatmeal],
water, and salt (sometimes called gulls) (W.H.). w.Yks. Scotch
oatmeal which has been ground over again so as to be nearly as
fine as flour, boiled smooth and eaten with milk or treacle, LUCAS
Stud. Nidderda/e (,c. 1882; iv; Flour or wheat or oats boiled in
water or milk, poured on a plate, and eaten with treacle, or into a basin
of milk, BANKS Wkfld. Wds. (1865) ; w.Yks.1 Chs. Oat meal boiled
with water or milk into hasty pudding, MARSHALL Review (j8i8)
II. no. s.Lin. Thin milky puddings, such as arc made of pearl-
barley, arrowroot, &c. ' It's a poor dinner y'r'll ha'e to-day ; we've
nobbud haasty-puddin' and co'd meat' (T.H.R.). Brks.1 A pudding
of boiled dough ; sugar and butter, or else treacle, being usually
added when eating. (5) Dev. Science Gossip (1873) 235. (6} Cum.4
2. Heavy, violent, gen. used of rain. Also used advb.
Glo. What hasty rain vA.B.). Ken.1 It did come down hasty,
an' no mistake. Sur. The rain cluttered down hasty (T.S.C.).
Sas. The rain was not so hasty as it had been, N. & Q. (1882)
6th S. vi. 447 ; The rain come down terr'ble hasty surelye, ib.
(1883) 6th S. vii. 155.
HASUM- JASUM, see Aizam-jazam.
HAT, sb.1 and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
in form at Not. Oxf.1 w.Som.1 '1. sb. In comp. (i) Hat-
bat, applied gen. to all bats, esp. Plecotus auritus and
Vespertilio noctula ; (2) -body, the foundation of which a
hat is made; (3) -birret, (4) -brinks, (5) -bruarts, (6)
•flipe, the brim or edge of a hat or cap ; (7) -sheaf or -shav,
the covering sheaf of a corn-stock.
(i) Not. (W.H.S.) s.Not. The boys sometimes bring bats down
by throwing up their hats at them. ' At-bat, come under my 'at.
I'll give you a slice of bacon ; And when we brew and when we
bake, I'll give you a chiz-cake ' (J.P.K.). Lei.', Shr.12 (a) Chs.1
(3) Cum. I can mind of the old people speaking of the hat birret.
The hat birret was broad and worn soft (E.W.P.). (4) s.Not. 'Er
'at-brinks wor all tunned up (J.P.K.). sw.Ltn.1 The puppies tore
his hat-brinks off (s.v. Brink). (5) w.Yks.1, e.Lan.1 Chs. RAY
(1691% nw.Der.1 (6) n.Yks.2 (.7) Cum.1
2. Phr. (i) an old hal, (a) an old person ; (b) the prize
supposed to be won by a person telling a great lie ; (a) as
queer as Dick's hat-band, very queer ; see also Dick, sb.1
2 (2) ; (3) a three-cocked hat, a kind of tart ; (4) hat-full of
feathers, (a) the nest of the long-tailed titmouse, Acredula
rosea ; (b) the nest of the willow-wren, Phylloscopus
trochilus : (5) hats in holes, a boys' game, see below ; (6)
to carry a lot under one's hat, to be crafty, sly ; (7) to give
any one a hat, to touch one's hat in salutation.
(i, a) Cum. If thou wast ane o' t'lads I'd say sum auld hatsower
t'hill had been efter thee : but thou's not sae daft as to letten
thysel' be guided i' thy years, LINTON Lizzie Lorton (1867) xxiii ;
I believe this is a mere local allusion and could only be understood
by a small coterie to whom the coining of the word was known.
There are hundreds of such like words coined in Cum. (J.A.) (b
w.Yks.1 When he is suspected to be guilty of it [a great lie], it is
common to say, 'Here's my oud hat for the." (2 w.Yks. As queer
as Dick's hatband, 'at went nine times raand an' wodn't tee, Prov.
in Brighouse News (July 23, 1887). Lin. THOMPSON Hist. Boston
(1856) 733. (3) w.Yks.1 Currants or preserves inclosed in a thin
crust or triangular paste or pasty. (4, a Shr. Rupert . . .
discovered the . . . nest of ... the long-tailed tit. . . Inside, it was
so full of fine soft feathers, that it quite justified the name it bears
among the country lads of a ' hat full of feathers,' DAVIES Rambles
Sck. Field-Club (1875) xviii ; Shr.1 (b) Shr.1 ^5; w.Som.1 The
players range their hats in a row against a wall, and each boy in
turn pitches a ball from a line at some twenty-five feet distance
into one of the hats. The boy into whose hat it falls has to seize
it and throw it at one or other of the others, who all scamper off
when the ball is ' packed in.' If he fails to hit, he is out and takes
his cap up. The boy whose cap is left at the last lias to ' cork '
the others— that is, to throw the ball at their bent backs, each in
turn stooping down to take his punishment. 6) e.Suf. (F.H.)
(7) Sc. He contented his politeness with 'giving him a hat,'
touching, that is, his bonnet, in token of salutation, and so left
the shop. SCOTT Nigel (1822) ii.
3. v. To cover a stook of corn with some of the sheaves.
Cf. hattock, sb.1
w.Som.1 To doubly cap-stitch — i. e. to set up the sheaves in a
large stook and to cover down the top with a kind of thatch made
of some of the sheaves with the ear downwards. This method is
very common in ' lappery ' seasons, and it prevents the corn from
sprouting, while at the same time it allows the wind to pass
through, and so dry the straw. Dev. A hat is much larger than
a ' cap-stitch,' but not so large as a ' wind-mow.' ' I reckoned to
a-car'd thick piece o' wheat, but he id'n 'ardly fit, not eet, zo I
told em to go and hat'n up,' Reports Provinc. (1884) 19.
HAT, sb.2 Brks. Hmp. Nfld. A small clump or ring
of trees; any small irregular mass of trees.
Brks.1 Hmp. The term hat is still in use for a little wood
crowning a hill, DE CRESPIGNY & HUTCHINSON New Forest ',1895)
113; Hmp.1 E. g. the ' Dark hats,' near Lyndhurst. [Nfld. A hat
of trees, PATTERSON Trans. Amer. Fit-Lore Soc. (1894). I
HAT, sb.a Lin. A narrow clearing in a wood, in
which at a battue sportsmen are placed separately to
shoot game crossing it. (J.C.W.)
HAT, see Heat, Hit, Hurt.
HATCH, sb.1 In gen. 'dial, use in Sc. and Eng. Also
in form hetch ne.Yks.1 [h)atj, aetf, etf.] 1. A door
filling only the lower half of the doorway.
Nhp.1, War.3, Hrf.1, Glo.1 2 Oxf.1 A broad piece of wood placed
across the entrance to a barn, &c., to prevent the cattle passing
through. Brks.1 An opening which may be closed by a wooden
slide or door, used for passing articles through by hand. e.An.2,
Sus.1 Hmp.1 The buttery-hatch, in old halls, was a half-door, with
a ledge on the top. Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825) ; Wtl.1 ' Barn-
hatch,' a low board put across the door, over which you must step
to enter. Gen. applied to the half doors frequent in shops. Dor.
The childern all did run an' poke Their heads vrom hatch or door,
an' shout, BARNES Poems (1869-70") 3rd S. 102. w.Som.1 Often
in cottages called the half-hatch. ' I zeed th' old man a Zunday
hon I passed, 'cause he was a stood a lookin out over the hatch.'
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Dev. Shot tha hatch, Sallie, that tha wet midden come in, HEWETT
Peas. Sp. (1892); Dev.1 The half-door of cot-houses : also a sliding-
pannel to answer the same purpose. nw.Dev.1 The doors in a
barn are usually made in halves, called half hatches, and distin-
guished as top-hatch and bottom-hatch. In cottages the hatch
corresponds to the bottom-hatch, but there is an ordinary or full-
length door as well. A trap-door is called trap-hatch. s.Dev.
Fox Kitigsbridge (1874). Cor. There was to the front door of this
house, a hatch, which is a half-door, that is kept closed when the
whole door behind it is open, and it then serves as a guard against
the intrusion of dogs, hogs, and ducks, while air and light are
freely admitted, HUNT Pop. Rom. w.Eng. (ed. 1896) 95. [It's good
to have a hatch before the door, RAY Prov. (,1678) 152.]
2. Comp. (i) Hatch-door, a wicket or half-door; (2)
-hole, a trap-door ; (3) -way, (a) an opening used for
pitching into a barn or hay-loft ; (b) the sliding panel to
a box-bed.
(i) Sc. He retired into his shop and shut the hatch-door, SCOTT
Nigel (1822) xxvi. Glo. (A.B.) (2) e.Fif. She disturbed the
repose of the barrel, causin' it to tak its flicht doon through the
hatchhole as aforesaid, LATTO Tarn Bodkin (1864) xxii. (3, a)
Nhp.1 (b) Sc. Waverley had repeatedly drawn open . . . the
hatchway of his cage, SCOTT Waverley (1814) xxxvii.
3. A small gate or wicket, gen. leading into a garden or
put across a narrow road.
Nhb.1 Near a wicket or hatch at Cockmount Hill. Chs. Shut
the hatch after yow (E.F.); Chs.1 s.Clis.1 Dhu foa-ks i Sol up
dun)u tau'k reyt Ingg-lish ; dhai kau'n iS aach' u wik'it [The folks
i' Sollop dunna talk reight English ; they cawn a hatch a wicketl.
Shr. ELLIS Pronunc. (1889) V. 454. e.An.1, Ess.1 Ken.1 A half-
hatch is where a horse may pass, but not a cart ; Ken.2 Sus.
Perhaps entrance to a forest or wood, N. & Q. (1887) 7th S. iii.
192; Sus.1 Hmp.1 Gen. a gate dividing parishes or manors. Wil.1
Dor. Paid James Elby for mending the hatches, yi. , Tyneham
Overseers' Ace. (June 10, 1753); (C.W.); An' leanes wi' here an'
there a hatch, BARNES Poems (1879"! 40. Som. I was not allowed
to go out into the road, but watched them from the garden-hatch
(W.F.R.) ; She stood at the hatch watching her aunt out of sight,
RAYMOND Tryphena (1895) 36.
Hence Hatch-gate, sb. a gate at the junction of parishes
or manors. Brks.1
4. The flood-gate of a water-meadow ; a sluice ; a dam
or mound to keep back water.
n.Wil. The farmers lower down the brook pull up the hatches
to let the flood pass, JEFFERIES Wild Life(i8-jg) 107. Dor. (C.W.),
Cor. (K.), Cor.1
5. Salt-making term : the door of a furnace. Chs.1
6. The portion of a window that opens on hinges. War.3
7. The latch of a door.
Chs.1 Dunna bowt th' durr, lave it o'th hatch, and then thi
fayther can come in when he's a mind an we'n go to blanket fair
[bed]. Suf.1
8. A hen-coop. War.3 9. The back part of a wagon
which lets down for the contents to be taken out. ne.Yks.1,
e.Yks. (Miss A.) Cf. hack, sb.2 18.
HATCH, sb.2 n.Lin.1 [atj.] The sharp-pointed end
of a mason's hammer.
HATCH, sb.a and v.1 Glo. Wil. [astf.] 1- sb. The
row into which grass is raked after being ' tedded,' a line
of raked-up hay, a ' wallow.' Cf. hack, sb.1 11.
Glo.1 Three or four hatches are then raked into a ' double
hatch ' ; two, or sometimes three, of these double hatches make a
'bray.' Wil.1 n.Wil. Grass is first mown ; then it is ' tedded,'
i. e. spread, then it is raked up into lines, ' hatches,' or ' wallows,'
which may be either single hatches or double hatches (E.H.G.).
2. v. To rake the ' tedded ' hay into small rows ready
for cocking ; freq. used with up or in.
Glo. LEWIS Gl. (1839) ; Glo.1, Wil.1, n.Wil. (E.H.G.)
HATCH, v." and sb* Hmp. I.W. [astj.] 1. v. To
hook on ; with in or on : to harness. Hmp. (H.E.), I.W.1
2. To tear a thing by catching it on something. I.W.
(J.D.R.), I.W.1
3. sb. A tear in a garment caused by catching it on some
projecting object.
Hmp. (H.C.M.B.) I.W. (J.D.R.) ; I.W.2 I've maade a middlen
half hatch in my breeches . . . gitten over that wattle hurdle.
HATCH, v.3 Sur.Sus. Hmp. I.W. [aetf.] To scrape the
bark from the tree, after the ' rinding ' is over, in order
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to free the bark from lichen ; to dress the bark for the
tanner.
Sur.1 Sus. Faggoting the lop and scraping and hatching the
bark are different operations, HEATH Eng. Peas. (1893) 183 ;
(S. P.H.I ; Sus.1, Hmp.1
Hence Hatch-hook, sb. the kind of bill-hook used for
chopping oak-bark small for the tanner. Hmp.1, I.W.1 .
HATCH, v* Ken. Sus. [aetf.] To prepare for ; to
develop a disease ; freq. with up ; used trans, and intr.
Ken.1 I think it's hatching up for snow. She's hatching up
a cold. Sus.1 I think she's hatching the measles.
HATCH(-, see Hawch, Hotch, v.
HATCHEL, sb.1 e.Lan.1 [a'tfl.] A hatchet ; a mason's
dressing-hammer.
HATCHEL, sb.2 and v.1 Obs. Chs. Nhp. Shr. Also
in form hetchel Shr.1 1. sb. An instrument for dressing
hemp or flax. Chs.1, Nhp.1, Shr.1
2. v. To comb flax or hemp with a ' hatchel.'
Chs.1 [Serancer, to hatchel flax, &c., to comb, or dress it on an
iron comb, COTGR.]
HATCHEL, sb.3 and v.2 Nhp. Sus. [as-tfl.] 1. sb.
A small row or cock of cut grass. Also in cotnp. Hatchel-
cock.
Nhp.1 The grass ... is next hacked, or separated into small
rows ; in the evening it is put into small cocks, sometimes called
hatchel-cocks, or toddle-cocks, or wads. Three hatchels or hack-
lings, thrown together into one broad row or swathe, are termed
a win-row, or windrow (s.v. Hack) ; Nhp.2
2. v. To rake cut grass into small rows. Nhp.2, Sus.1
HATCHEL, v.3 Fif. (JAM.) [Not known to our corre-
spondents.] To shake in crying. See Hotch.
HATCHELOR, sb. e.Lan.1 Stone squared and bedded
for walling in even courses, ashlar.
HATCHER, sb. Nrf. The hedge-sparrow, Accentor
modularis.
This . . . little bird goes in the Broadland by the name of the
' Hatcher,' perhaps because he sometimes ' hatches off1 the lazy
cuckoo's egg, EMERSON Birds (ed. 1895) 54.
HATCHET, sb.1 Dev. Cor. In phr. to sling the hatchet,
to be lazy.
Dev.3 Sometimes, but very rarely, heard. Dev., Cor. N. & Q.
(1869) 4th S. iv. 254.
HATCHET, sb.2 Shr. Dev. Also written atchett.
1. A hurdle hung on a beam across a stream to keep
back cattle. Reports Provinc. (1891).
2. A low garden gate. Shr. ELLIS Pronunc. (1889) V.
454. Cf. hatch, s*.1 3.
HATCHET-PIECE, sb. Sus. A ' paul ' or division of
tenantry land of irregular shape.
Sus.1 (s.v. Tenantry-acre) ; Sus.2 (s.v. Paul).
HATCH-HORN, see Acorn.
HATCH-NAIL, sb. nw.Dev.1 A rectangular, rose-
headed, hand-made nail 3 inches long ; a half-hatch nail
is 2 inches long.
HATE, see Hait, Height, Hot.
HATEABLE, adj. Sh.I. Hateful, odious.
Der [weasels] hateable things, S/i. News (Nov. 25, 1899).
HATELY, adj. Lan. [e'tli.] Bad-tempered, hateful ;
showing hate.
Lan.1, e.Lan.1 s.Lan. Dunnobesohately,BAMFORD Dial. (1854).
HATER, see Hadder, sb.2
HATESUM, adj. Sc. n.Cy. Also written hait- (JAM.
Suppl.}. [hle-tsam.] Unkind, hateful, hated. Sc. (JAM.
Suppl.), Cai.1, n.Cy. (J.W.)
[This haitsum lyfe, DOUGLAS Eneados (1513), ed. 1074,
IV. 22.]
HATHA, int. n.Lan. Hark, listen ! (C.W.D.)
[Repr. lit. E. hark thou /]
HATHA, see Hither.
HATHE, sb. Dor. Som. [85.] A thick covering;
gen. in phr. to be in a hathe, to be thickly covered with the
pustules of the small-pox or other eruptive disease ; to be
matted closely together.
Dor. BARNES Gl. (1863). Som. JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825) Gl. ; W. & J. Gl. (1873).
HATHER, see Hadder, sb.2, Heather.
HATHERN
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HATHERN, sb. Som. The hand-rail to stairs.
I first catched a hold o' the hathern, so I jissy saved I (W.F.R.).
HATH3SH, sb. Sc. A small dry measure ; four in a
peck ; also used attrib.
ne.Sc. The new tenant along with a friend went from farm to
farm and got a peck or two from this one, . . a hathish cogful
from the next one, GREGOR Fill-Lore (1881) 178 ; ib. Gl.
HATKIN, see Hutkin.
HATREDANS, HATT, see Aitredan, Hit.
HATTED K1T(T, phr. Sc. A preparation of milk,
&C., with a creamy top.
Sc. He has spilt the hatted kitt that was for the master's dinner,
SCOTT Bride of Lam. (1819) xi. Lnl. A wooden bowlful of sour
cream (JAM.). [Hatted kit is one of the pleasantest preparations
of milk. Make a quarts of new milk scalding hot, and pour upon
it quickly 4 quarts of fresh butter-milk ; let it stand, without stirring,
till it becomes cold and firm ; then take off the hat or upper part,
drain it in a hair-sieve, put it into a shape for half an hour, turn
it into a dish, and serve with cream and sugar, STEPHENS Farm
Bk. (1855) II. 299.]
HATTER, sb.1 Sc. Nhb. Yks. In phr. like a hatter,
used as an intensive, in the sense of vigorously, boldly, &c.
Sc. When tyrant Death grim o'er him stood He faced him like
a hatter, FORD Thistledown (1891) 327. Per. I birl'd my tip'ce
[twopence] like a hatter, STEWART Character (1857) 44. Slg.
Where'er he spies a washing tub, He rins like ony hatter, TOWERS
Poems (1885) 161. Lnk. Ye maun rin like a hatter. . . Bring up
twa pailsfouo' clear callerwater,HAMiLTONP<*>»«.s(i865) 133. Nhb.
Off like a hatter, to fight like a hatter (R.O.H.). w.Yks. (J.W.)
HATTER, v. and sb.2 Sc. Nhb. Dur. Yks. Nhp. Bdf.
e.An. Ken. Also in form atter w.Yks. m.Yks.1 [h)a'ta(r,
8e-ta(r).] 1. v. To shake ; to shake up as on a rough
road. Cf. hotter, v.
N.Cy.1 I'm all haltered to pieces. Nhb. The road wis that bad,
see ye ! — Aw wis aall haltered to bits (R.O.H.). Our. GIBSON
Up-Wcardale Gl. (1870) ; Dur.1
2. To harass, vex, ill-treat ; to exhaust with fatigue.
Sc. This hatters and chatters My very soul with care, TRAIN
Poet. Reveries (1806) 49 (JAM.). Sh.I. Doo'll hae to pit somtin in
his [pig] nose if hit wis bit a muckle preen ! . . Hit'll hatter him,
Girzzie, Sh. News (Sept. a, 1899) ; (Coll. L.L.B.) ; S. & Ork.1
Abd. I've haltered a' my hand wi' the saw (G.W. ). e.An.1 Ken.
A horse by too much riding ; or a utensil by too much lending, is
hatter'd about (K.).
Hence (i) Hattered, ppl. adj. badly treated ; exhausted
or wearied ; (2) Hattering, ppl. adj. harassing, tiring.
(i) Sh.I. A poor haltered ting o' bairn (K.I.I ; S. & Ork.1 Nhp.1
(a) Bdf. Your's must be a hatlering life (J.W.B.).
3. To fret, make a fuss.
Nhp.1 She's always scolding and haltering about.
4. To mix or confuse things ; to throw into disorder, to
entangle, knot.
n.Yks. T'women alters t'berrylrees wi' their cleeas (I.W.) ;
n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1
6. To be in a confused but moving state. Dmf. (JAM.)
6. To gather, to collect in crowds. Fif. (ib.) 7. To
speak thick and confusedly. Slk. (ib.)
8. sb. A jumble, confused crowd ; a knot or tangle. Cf.
hatterel.
Sc. Amang a perfect hatler of unkenl faces, Sc. Haggis, 156 ;
A hatter of slancs, a heap of stones ; a haller of berries, a large
cluster or great quanlity crowded together QAM.). w.Sc. Buy
B 1 what would I do wi' B ? it's naething but a hatler of
peal-pols frae Ihe one end lo the other, CARRICK Laird of Logan
(1835) 34. Flf. In their criticisms they resented all corruptions
or conglomerations of ornamental styles. The laller they scorn-
fully designaled 'a haller o' nonsense,' ROBERTSON Provost (1894)
84. n.Yks. T'lhread was raffled [langled] all in a hard alter (I.W.).
Hence Hatery or Hatry, (i) adj. dishevelled, entangled ;
(a) sb. a confused jumble.
(l) Sc. A hatry hesp, a hank of yarn lhat is tangled or dis-
ordered (JAM.). n.Sc. A hatry head when the hair has not been
combed out for a long time (ib.). (3) Per. Whatna hatery hae
we here? (G.W.)
9. Phr. to be a' in a hatter, said of the face, &c., when
entirely covered with any eruption, as small-pox.
Sc. I wish you saw my a — , ils a in ae hatter, GRAHAM Writings
(1883) II. 332. Cai.1, Dmf. QAM.)
HATTER-CROPPER, see Attercop.
HATTEREL, sb. Sc. Irel. Yks. Also written hateral
Ayr. ; hatteral(l Bnff.1 Ayr. ; and in forms hatrel Sc.
(JAM.) ; hattrel Bnff. ; hitteril w.Yks.1 [ha't(a)rl.]
1. A large quantity ; a miscellaneous collection, jumble.
See Hatter, sb.2 8.
Bnff. A ' hattrel ' of poor cots belonging to the glebe, GORDON
Chron. Keith (1880) 370; Bnff.1 A large quantity of small stones
lying together, not in heaps, but spread over a space. ' Ye'll
niver get a crap aff o' that Ian' : it's naething bit a hatleral o'
slanes.' Ayr. My heid seems to be in a perfect hatleral! of con-
fusion, SERVICE Notandums (1890) 8 ; He threeps that the body
is no his wife's, and ca's it a hateral o' clay and stones, GALT
Entail (1823) xxxv. N.I.1 A hatterel o' weans.
2. A collection of sores in any part of the body ; a series
of scabs running into one another.
Sc. (JAM.) N.I.1 ' He's all in a hatterel,' i. e. his body is all over
sores. Ant. Bally mena Obs. (1893). w.Yks.1 My legs 're all of a
hitteril.
HATTER-FLITTER, sb. Cor. Also in form hatter-
flight. The jack-snipe, Limnocryptes gallinula.
They be wild as hatler-flights, BARING-GOULD Curgtnvtn (1893)
xi; Cor.12
HATTERN, sb. n.Yks.2 Clothing of all kinds.
[I haue here a hatir to hyde hym, York Plays (c. 1400)
267. OE. hxteru, clothes.]
HATTIL, see Hottle, sb>
HATTING OWER THE BONNETS, phr. Sc. The
name of a game.
Lnk. When we were deeply engaged in a game of ' hatting
ower the bonnets,' FRASER Whaups ' 1895) iii.
RATTLE,^'. n.Cy. Yks. Chs. Also Ken. 1. Wild,
skittish, mischievous ; uncertain in temper ; gen. used of
a skittish cow.
n.Cy. BAILEY (1721). Yks., Chs. (P.R.) Chs. Tie Ihehallle ky
by Ihe horn, RAY (1691) ; Chs.123 s.Chs.1 Yoa- mfln mahynd
dhaat- ky'aay ; <5o)z fl aal'l beg ur [Yo mun mind that ca'i ; hoo's
a hatlle beggar]. Ken. (P.R.)
2. Comb. Hattle-tempered, quick-tempered, ' touchy."
s.Chs.1 Yu aa'rdli daa-rn spee'k lu)lh mon — ey)z su aal-1-
tenvpurd [Yo hardly darn (dare) speak to th' mon — hey's so
hatlle-lempered].
[The same as ME. hatel, hateful, fierce. Povert is
hatel good, CHAUCER C. T. D. 1195 (Corpus MS.). OE.
hatol, ' odiosus,' Kentish Glosses (c. 870), in Wright's Voc.
(1884) 69.]
HATTOCK, sb.1 and v. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs.
Stf. Shr. Also in forms attock Yks. n.Stf. ; huttock
N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 [h)a'tak.] 1. sb. A shock of standing
sheaves of corn, the tops of which are protected by two
sheaves laid along them in such a way as to carry off rain;
the two covering sheaves, 'hood-sheaves,' 'hooders.'
n.Cy. A shock containing la sheaves of corn, BAILEY (1721) ;
N.Cy.1 10 sheaves of corn, set two and two upright and two ' hoods,'
one al each end, to cover them ; N.Cy.2 Nhb.1 A pile of corn
sheaves, made of twelve sheaves, ten of which are set uprighl, Iwo
and Iwo together, whilst two are laid on the top as hood or
covering sheaves. Cum. Ten sheaves are a haltock and twelve a
stook, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863) (s.v. Haddock). Wm. Ten
sheaves of corn, eight set upright and two placed for hoods or
covers (J.H.). s.Wra. (J.A.B.) n.Yks. A man, or sloul boy,
following lo tie up the sheaves, which are sel up in 'slooks' or
'altocks' by the men, in the evening, TUKE Agric. (1800) 130.
w.Yks. A pile of four sheaves (S.K.C.) ; w.Yks.1 A shock of corn
containing len sheaves. Lan. THORNBER Hist. Blackpool (1837) ;
Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1 Chs. By cuslom is paid y» I ith, and not
y» loth, Haltock or Rider of Corn, GASTRELL Notitia Cestriensis
(c. i707)inChelh. Soc. (1845) VIII. 164 ; A slack of corn, consisting
of five or more sheaves, as il slands in the field before carrying
(E.F.) ; Cha.1 We wanten a good wynd as '11 blow lh' altocks o'er,
afore th' curn '11 be ready to lead. s.Chs.1 n.Stf. Ten sheaves of
corn (J.T.). Shr.1 Sheaves of corn inverted over the ' mow ' to
protect it from wet. The two end sheaves of Ihe ' mow,' which
consists of eight sheaves, are taken as hatlocks for the remain-
ing six.
2. v. Tocoverreaped corn in the fieldwith sheaves. Shr.1
[1. A der. of ON. htittr (gen. hattar), a cowl or hood ; cp.
Sw. dial, halt, the covering of a corn-rick (RiETz).]
HATTOCK
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HAUKUM-PLAUKUM
HATTOCK, sb* Chs.13 [a'tak.] A hole in the roof
where owls harbour.
HATTREL, sb. w.Sc. QAM.) [Not known to our
correspondents.] The core or flint of a horn.
HATTY, sb. Sc. Nhb. Lakel. Also written battle
Sc. [ha'ti.] 1. A game of leap-frog ; see below.
Nhb.1 A game at leap-frog where each boy leaves his cap on the
back as he leaps over. The boy who ' makes the back ' is called
' hatty.' If a boy causes a cap to slip off as he leaps he becomes
' hatty.'
2. A game with pins.
Gall. A game with preens on the crown of a hat ; two or
more play; each lay[s] on a pin, then with the hand they strike
the side of the hat, time about, and whoever makes the pins, by a
stroke, cross each other, lift[s] those so crossed, MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1824) 255, ed. 1876.
3. Comp. Hatty-cap, a boys' game ; see below.
Lakel. A game at ball with hats for ' motty." The hats or caps
are placed in a row and the ball thrown towards them; if it alights
in one and remains there the lad it belongs to must mind the motty
(B.K.).
HAU, HAUBER, see How, adv., Haver, sb.2
HAUCH, see Haugh, Hawk, v.1
HAUCHEE-PAUCHEE, sb. Dev.1 A term applied
to potatoes when boiled to a mash, a ' hodge-podge.'
HAUCHLE, v. Sc. Irel. Also in forms haghle Lth.
Rxb. (JAM.); haughle N.I.1 [ha-xl, h§-xl.] To walk
lamely or with difficulty, to hobble, drag the feet along
the ground.
Lnk. To walk as those do who are carrying a heavy burden
(JAM.). Lth. (ib.) e.Lth. What needs ye gang hauchlin an' hirplin
alang, like crupple Dick upon a stick? HUNTER/. Imvick (1895)
14. Rxb. (JAM.), N.I.1
Hence (i) Hauchal, sb. a deformed or crippled person ;
(2) Hauchlin, ppl. adj. (a) hobbling, limping, shambling ;
(b) slovenly.
(i) Ayr. He had a long square body and short legs, with a de-
formity about the houghs that earned for him the name of the
hauchal, JOHNSTON Kilmallie (1891) II. 141. (2, a) Hauchlin
Pate, the village drummer, got a job from the auctioneer, ib. I. i.
(b) Rnf. (JAM.)
HAUCHS, sb. pi. Ags. (JAM.) The three points into
which the upper part of a ploughshare is divided and by
which it clasps in the wood.
HAUD, sb. Sc. [Not known to our correspondents.]
A squall. Mry. Gl. Surv. (JAM.)
HAUD, see Hold, v., sb.
HAUEN, sb. Cor. Also written hawn. A harbour,
haven.
The common word for haven, as meaning a harbour. Our
fishermen say their boats are out in the hawn, as distinguished
from being at the piers, N. & Q. (1854) ist S. x. 319; The har-
bour of Polperro, locally termed the hauen, QuiLLER-Coucn Hist.
Polperro (1871) 30 ; Cor.1
HAUF, see Half, How, sb.\ Howf(f.
HAUFISH, HAUFLIN, HAUFLINS, HAUGAW, see
Awvish, Halflin(g, Halflins, Hawgaw.
HAUGH, sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan.
Also written hawgh n.Cy. Wm. ; and in forms ha' Sc. ;
haaf Nhb.1 ; halgh Lan. ; hauch Sc. ; haulgh Lan. ; haw
Dur. n.Yks.8 [Sc. hax.] 1. Low-lying, level ground by
the side of a river ; also used Jig. andattrib. Cfihale, sb.2
Sc. The margin of the brook . . . displayed a narrow meadow,
or haugh, as it was called, which formed a small washing-green,
SCOTT Waverley (1814) ix ; In a lythe, cantie hauch, in a cottage,
JAMIESON Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 292. Mry. Gi'e me the land where
Lossie pours By haugh and flowery mead, HAY Lintie (1851) 45.
Bnff. More particularly when wandering amongst the delightful
haughs of Grandholm, SMILES Natur. (1876) ix. Abd. The prisoner
... set off wildly over the adjacent haugh, Deeside Tales (1872)
77. Kcd. The Feugh cam' rairin' doon fae Birse, An' swept the
haughs o' Stra'an, GRANT Lays (1884) a. Frf. The village com-
monage . . . running down on one side to the haughs bordering
the North Esk, INGLIS Ain Flk. (1895) 68. Per. It wes the haugh
field of aits, IAN MACLAREN K. Carnegie (1896) 19. Slg. QAM.)
Rnf. In flow'ry dells, and haughs, and glades, Where streamlets
rin, McGiLVRAY Poems (ed. 1862) 151. Ayr. Let husky wheat
tht haughs adorn, BURNS Sr. Drink (1786) st. 3. Lnk. Howes,
an' haughs, an' laigh lyin' leas Were a' like lochs, or ragin' seas,
THOMSON Musings (1881) 55. e.Lth. Auld clover riggs! thy cleuchs
and craigs, Green haughs an' winding river, MUCKLEBACKIT Rhymes
(1885) 13. Edb. Thou's aften dander'd wi' the musie Down burnie's
haughs, LIDDLE Poems (1821) 135. Feb. Ilk to the green haugh
hies, Lintoun Green (1685) 21, ed. 1817. Slk. And rounde onne
Ettrickis baittle haughis, HOGG Poems (ed. 1865^1 84. Rxb. The
bairns was laughin' an' scratchin' among the saughs doun i' the
haugh, ELLIS Pronunc. (1889) V. 714. Dmf. Her glance she cast
Ower holm an' haugh, THOM Jock o' Knowe (1878) 13. Gall. By
Skeldon haughs, CROCKETT Grey Man (1896) 93. n.Cy. Border Gl.
(Coll. L.L.B.) ; A green plot in a valley (K.) ; N.Cy.1 Nhb. Oer
the gay daisied haughs will I roam, RICHARDSON Borderer's Table-
bk. (1846) VII. 78 ; Low-lying spreads of loam, sand, or gravel
which form the lowest ground of the river valleys which are still
flooded from time to time, or which, although they may have for
years kept above water, may yet conceivably still be flooded in
unusual seasons. Such are most of the haughs of Northumberland,
LEBOUR Geol. Nhb. and Dur. (ed. 1886) 9; Nhb.1, Dur. (K.) s.Dur.
The Haughs at Egglestone is a pasture, very smooth and flat,
the river Tees flowing on one side (J.E.D.). Cum.1 Wm.
Cuckoos love to change to mare sunny hawghs, HUTTON Bran
New Work (1785) 1. 42. n.Yks. ATKINSON Whitby (1894) 80;
n.Yks.3 Lan. ./V. & Q. (1870) 4th S. v. 570. ne.Lan.1
2. Comp. (i) Ha'-bink, the bank of a ' haugh' overhanging
a stream ; (2) Haugh-grund, (3) -land, low-lying ground
by the side of a stream or river.
(i) Sc. Ha' binks are sliddery, RAMSAY Prov. (1737). (2) Lnk.
The haugh-ground is gen. ploughed 3, and sometimes 4 years, for
oats, and then allowed to lie as long in natural grass, Statist. Ace.
XII. 34 (JAM.). e.Lth. As guid a bit o' haugh-grund for crappin
as there was in the pairish, HUNTER J. Inwick (1895") 161. (3)
Fif. The corn-craik scraiched among the ' skellochs ' in the haugh-
land, COLVILLE Vernacular (1899) 13. Rxb. His haid fields o'
haughland corn On flood-red tumbling waves are borne, A. SCOTT
Poems (1811) 19 (JAM.).
[1. Amid the hawchis, and euery lusty vaill, DOUGLAS
Eneados (1513), ed. 1874, iv. 168 ; The hawch (v.r. halche)
of lyntoun-le, BARBOVR Bruce (1375) xvi. 336. OE.healh,in
the place-name ' on Streams heale ' (Chron. an. 680).]
HAUGH, see Haw, int.1, Hawk, v.\ Hough, sb.\
How, sb.1
HAUGHENDOLE, sb. Obs. or obsol. Lan. Also in
forms aghendole Lan. e.Lan.1 ; haughendo Lan.1 ;
nackendole Lan. ; nackleton, naghendal, naghendole,
naghleton e.Lan.1 A half part or half measure ; a meal-
measure of 8 or 8| Ib. ; the quantity of meal usually taken
for kneading at one time.
Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 164; There seems to have been some
uncertainty about the use of this word, but properly it means a
dole of eight pounds (J.D.); Lan.1 e.Lan. lohn Device . . . did
covenant with thesaid Anne [Chattox] that if she would hurt neither
of them, she should yearely have one aghendole of meale, POTTS
Dt'scoverie of Witches (1613) sign. £4; Still in use in Little Har-
wood, in the district of Pendle, Chet. Soc. (1845) VI. note; Still
used about Padiham, and denotes a batch (sufficient for one baking")
of meal for oatcakes (S.W.) ; Now almost obs. in those parts of
Lan. where it was formerly known, N. EJ* Q. (1852) ist S. vi. 9 ;
e.Lan.1 The quantity supposed to have been doled out weekly by
the Saxon employer to each of his manservants.
[The same as ME. eyjtyndele, mesure, 'satum' (Prompt.).]
HAUGHLE, see Hauchle.
HAUGHTY, adj. Obs. eAn. In phr. haughty weather,
windy weather.
e.An.1 Nrf. GROSE (1790). e.Nrf. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1787).
HAUGO, see Hogo.
HAUGULL, sb. ? Obs. Sc. (JAM.) A cold damp wind
blowing from the sea during summer. ne.Sc.
Hence Haugullin', adj. of the weather: drizzling, cold
and damp. Fif.
[Norw. dial, havgula and havgul, a wind blowing from
the sea, esp. the wind which blows into the fjords in the
afternoon in warm weather ; hav, the sea +gul (alsogula),
a steady wind, ON. haf+gol (Icel. gola), a breeze (AASEN).]
HAUK, HAUKA, see Hack, sb.1, Hawk, v.1, Howk, v.1,
Hawgaw.
HAUKUM-PLAUKUM, adj. Bwk. (JAM.) [Not known
to our correspondents.] Equal in every way.
M a
H AUK-WALK
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HAULM
HAUK-WALK, s*. Obs. Lan. A path across Chat
Moss.
In the course of an important trial at the Liverpool Assizes some
forty years ago, involving the ownership of a portion of the well-
known Chat Moss, mention was made of certain roadsorpaths across
the Moss which bore the name of Hauk- walks, N. V Q. (1878)
5th S. x. 118.
HAUL, v.» and s*.1 Sc. Nhb. Lin. Wor. Shr. Hrf.
Glo. Sus. Dor. Som. Dev. Also written hall Nhb. [h)?!.]
1. v. To draw a vehicle ; to tow, to tug a vessel up
stream. Cf. hale, v.2
Shr.2 Confined to the river side and chiefly applied to men or
horses drawing small or large craft on the Severn against the
stream (s.v. Hale). Glo.2 Dor. He drove his ekkipage hisself,
and it was always hauled by four beautiful white horses, HARDY
Laodicean (ed. 1896) bk. i. v. Som. They hauled the waggon home
beside the rick, RAYMOND Tryphena (1895) 14.
Hence (i) Hauling-horse, sb. a horse used for towing ;
(2) -path, sb. a tow-path.
(i) n.Lin.1 (a) ib. The occupiers of land . . . where there is no
hauling-path are authorized to discharge all persons trespassing
thereon, Ancholme Navigation Notice (Oct. 6, 1874).
2. Phr. to haul upon the right tow, to say the right thing.
Sh.I. Dooaye hauls ipoda richt tow, BURGESS Sketches landed.) 76.
3. Comp. Haul-to, a three-pronged dung-rake. w.Dev.
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1796).
4. To carry on the trade of a carrier, to cart, carry. Cf.
hale, v.2 2.
Nhb. A sledge of wood, hailed all along the barrow-way to the
pit shaft, J.C. Compleat Collier (1708) 36. se.Wor.1 (s.v. Haulier).
Shr.1 1805, Dec. 7th, hawling load coals to the workhouse, i-o-o,
Par.Acc.^MuchWenlock. Hrf.1 Glo. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1789);
Gl. (1851) ; Glo.1 Som. I'll be glad to haul for you if you've got
any goods lying at the station (W.F.R.).
6. To throw. e.Sns. Haul up that stick, HOLLOWAY.
6. sb. A large quantity or amount.
Bnff.1 Thir uncle's dead, an' left thim a haul o' siller. The coo
jist gees hauls o' milk. Cld. (JAM.) Gall. Never had any great
haul of sense, CROCKETT Grey Man (1896) 2.
HAUL, sb.2 Yks. [oal.] A small inlet or recess into
which boats from the beach are drawn up for safety.
n.Yks.2 We put her into a bit of a haul.
HAUL, v? Ken. [§!.] To shout. (G.B.), Ken.1
[EFris. hallen, ' hallen, schallen, tonen ' (KOOLMAN) ; so
LG. (BERGHAUS).]
HAUL, see Hall, sb.2, Hold, v., Hole, sb.1
HAULD, HAULGH, see Hold, v., Haugh.
HAULIER, sb. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Dor. Som.
Also in forms allier s.Wor.1 ; jiallier s.Wor.1 Hrf.1 Glo. ;
hallyer se.Wor.1 [p-lia(r), p-ljsfr).] A person whose
business is to do ' hauling,' with horse and cart for hire ;
a carrier, carter. Cf. haul, v:1 4.
Wor. (J.W.) s.Wor. (H.K.) ; s.Wor.1 One who draws coal,
timber, bricks, &c. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 I've bin to Philips the'aulier
to axe 'im w'en 'e can fatch me a looad o' coal from the Cut-
w'arf. Hrf.1 Glo. MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1789) ; BAYLIS Illus.
Dial. (1870) ; Glo.1, Oxf. (G.O.) Dor. Dewy and Son, tranters and
hauliers. . . Furniture, coals, potatoes, live and dead stock, removed
to any distance on the shortest notice, HARDY Greenwd. Tree
(1872) pt. iv. vii. w-Som.1
HAULIN, see Hawlin.
HAULING, vbl. sb. Sc. A method of fishing by means
of a pock-net ; see below.
Dmf. A second mode of fishing, called haaving or hauling, is
standing in the stream, either at the flowing or ebbing of the tide,
with a pock-net fixed to a kind of frame consisting of a beam
13 or 14 ft. long, having three small sticks or rungs fixed into it.
Whenever a fish strikes against the net they, by means of the
middle rung, instantly haul up the mouth of the net above water,
Statist. Ace. II. 16 UAM., s.v. Haave).
HAULING-HOME, sb. Irel. The bringing home of
thebnde.the weddingday; a\5oca\\&Atheltauling-homeday.
Ir. On the marriage the father of the bride gives a feast, after
which the husband stops with her a few days ; then he returns
home, and on the seventh day comes with his friends to haul her
home, when he gives a feast. In some places, however, the
hauling home takes place on the marriage day, Flit-Lore Rec.
(1881) IV. no. Wxt Such a well-looking young girl as Miss
Mary there, that . . . could bring about seventy or eighty pounds
with her on the day of the Hauling Home, KENNEDY Banks Boro
(1867) 158 ; To provide a good chest of linen for the hauling home
day, ib. Evenings Duffrey ( 1 869) 304.
HAULKET, see Hawkit.
HAULLY, sb. Obs. Sc. A ' hauling,' rough handling.
Edb. They ae puir fuddl'd chiel did hook, An' gied him a rough
haully To the guard that morn, New Year's Morning (1793) is.
HAULM, sb. and v. Var. dial, uses in Sc. Irel. Yks. Midi.
e., s. and w. counties. Also written hawlm Lin.1 s.Cy. ;
and in forms arm e.Hmp. ; aum Lei.1 ; awm Nrf. ; elam.
ellamHmp.; ellum Brks.1; elm Hmp.1 Wil.1; haam Oxf.1
Brks.1 I.W.1 Wil.1 ; hahm Suf.1 ; halm Nhp.2 War.4 Wor.
Hrf.1 Bdf. Nrf. Ken.1 Hmp.1 ; ham War.2 Glo.1 I.W. Wil.1;
hame Ken.1 Dor.1; harm Nrf. Suf.; haulin Stf.1 Not;
haum n.Lin.1 Hrf. Sus.2; hawhm Suf.1; hawme e.Yks. ;
hellam w.Yks. ; helium w.Som.1 Dev. ; helm w. Yks. Glo.1
Hrt. Ken.12 s.Cy. Hmp.1 Wil.1 Som.; norm Bdf. ; ullum
w.Som.1 ; yalmGlo.1; yelben Nhp.1; yelhamHrt; yellum
Suf. Ess. Sus.; yelm Nhp.12 Lei.1 Oxf.1 Brks.1 Bdf. Hrt.
e.An.1 Suf. Sus. Wil.1 ; yelven Nhp.1 ; yolm Glo.1 ; yullum
Suf. [901, am, elm, jelm.] 1. sb. Straw, stubble; the
dried stalks of peas, beans, &c.
Sc. fA.W.) w.Yks. LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 258. Stf.1
Lin.1 Peas-straw. n.Lin.1 The straw of beans, peas, tares. Nhp.1
Wheat stubble for thatching ; the gathering of which, after the
harvest, in the neighbourhood of Northampton, is called 'peeking
thehaultn'; in other parts of the county, the same operation is called
' bagging the haulm ' ; Nhp.2 War.2 ; War.* Wha'at be yer a
putting that halm on the roof for ? It's full of mullock. Shr.1
Hrf. COOPER Gl. (1853). Glo. (A.B.) ; GROSE (1790; ; Glo.2 Oxf.1
Applied to the straw of white crops only. Brks.1 Bdf. (J.W.B.);
Cutting of the haulm, or wheat stubble, costs about is. 6d. per acre,
BATCHELOR Agric. (1813) 108. Hrt. The straw, helm, &c. with
which the cattle are littered, MARSHALL Review (1817) V. 14.
Hnt. (T.P.F.), Nrf. (A.G.) Suf. RAINBIRD Agric. (1819) 296, ed.
1849 I Suf.1 The stubble of wheat. It is raked together in heaps
by women generally at i6d. or i8d. an acre. If done before it be
a little frosted it is man's work with a scythe. s.Cy. RAY (1691) ;
GROSE ^1790"). Ken. (G.B.),Ken.12 Sur.1 The straw of peas, tares,
beans, potatoes, but never used of white crops in this district ;
Sus.12, I.W.1 Wil. BRITTON Beauties (1825). Dev.13
Hence (i) Haulm-rick, sb. a rick consisting of the stubble
or straw of vetches, peas, beans, £c. ; (2) -wall, sb. a wall
made of haulm or stubble.
(i) Brks.1 The ' Haam' rick in the Vale of Brks. is of bean or
wheat straw, and there they do not usually speak of a ' vetch haam
rick' as in the hill part of the county. (2) Ess. And hid them in
the ditches or the haulm walls, HEYGATE Poems (1870) 187.
2. A stubble-stack. War.4, s.War.1
3. Straw made ready for thatching ; bundles or handfuls
of straw prepared and laid ready for the thatcher.
Nhp. A'. & Q. (1880) 6th S. i. 330 ; Nhp.12 Lei.1 As much corn
in the straw as can be embraced in both arms. Brks.1 Bdf.
fJ.W.B.) ; BATCHELOR ^Ha/. Eng. Lang. (1809) 147. Hrt. (H.G.);
F.LLIS Cy. Hswf. (1750) 231. e.An.1 Suf. (C.T.) ; RAINBIRD
Agric. (1819) 302, ed. 1849. Ess- (H.M.M.) s.Cy. A straw of
wheat or rye unbruised, bound in bundles for matching, RAY
(1691). Sus. A narrow flat bundle of thatch drawn for fixing to
a roof(F.E.);(F.A.A.) Hmp. (H.E.); A handful of thatch. Three
clams make a bundle, 20 bundles i score, 4 scores i ton, WISE
New Forest (1883) 282; Hmp.1 w.Cy. The best unbroken straw
for thatching, MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (i863\ WH. He is attended
by a man to carry up the ' yelms," JEFFERIES Wild Life (1879) 124;
Wil.1 n.Wil. Long straws selected for thatching (W.C.P.). Som.
Straw prepared for thatching by having the ears cut off (W.F.R.) ;
(F.A.A.) ; JENNINGS Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).
Hence (i) Helm-sheaf, sb. a sheaf of straw ready for
use in thatching ; (a) Yelm- or Elm-stock, sb. a forked
stick used for carrying straw for thatching.
(i) Som. Properly a helm-sheaf is the length of the strand, 5^ ft.
round (W.F.R.). (a) Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892) ; WU.1
4. The stalk of certain cultivated plants, esp. of potatoes,
peas, or beans; the green, unripened stalks of cereals.
Sc. (A.W.) Ir. But we swore it was merely a heap of haulms
rottin', BARLOW Bogland(iSga') 20, ed. 1893 ; [Of potatoes] Ne'er a
big crop you'll get under that heigth of haulms, ib. Lisconnel (1895)
104. w.Yk». All around me the young growths were showing
HAULM
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purple haulms or green leaf, SNOWDEN Web of Weaver (1896) xiii;
The ries [sticks] for peas, &c. (J.T.) s.Chs.1 Not used of the
stalk of any kind of corn. Not.1 n.Lin. An' lets him hev . . .
taatie-haums, PEACOCK Tales and Rhymes (1886) 69. n.Lin.1 The
stalks of rape and turnips. The stalk of flax and hemp. Lei.1,
War.23, Wor. (W.C.B.), Shr.1 Hrf.1 That part of the vegetable
above the ground. Rdn. MORGAN Wds. (1881). . Glo. Beans . . .
are very short in the haulm, Evesham Jrn. (July 18, 1896) ; Used
chiefly of potatoes (J.A.B.) ; Glo.1 ' Tater hams,' ' peas' hams,'
&c. Bdf. (J.W.B.) Nrf. The disease begin to show itself among
them taturs, Sir; hadn't we better cut the harms off? (W.R.E.)
Suf. RAINBIRD Agric. (1819) 294, ed. 1849; Suf.1 The risps of
potatoes and of pease ... as well as the remnant of beans, when
they have been cut by the sickle. Ken.1, ne.Ken. (H. M.), Hmp.1
e.Hmp. They be ready for diggin' now their arms be died off
(W.M.E.F.). I.W. (J.D.R.) Wil. SLOW Gl. (1892) ; Wil.1, Dor.1
Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Soni.1 Not used to denote straw of
any kind. A coarse kind of stalk is implied : if clover has been
left to ripen its seed, the stalk becomes rank, and after the seed
has been thrashed out, the residuum is always ' clover helium.'
Dev. Us 'ad best ways burn up awl tha heliums and rubbage that's
lying about, HEWETT Peas. Sf>. (1892).
5. The husk of corn or of peas, beans, &c., chaff; the
beard of barley.
Not. (J.H.B.), Lin.1, n.Lin.1 Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1855) 32.
Suf. (W.W.S.)
6. The fruit of the hawthorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha, esp.
in phr. haulms and figs, hips and haws. Ken.1
7. v. To cut off the ears of wheat previous to threshing;
to prepare straw for thatching and lay it in bundles ready
for the thatcher.
Glo. To cut the ears from the stems of wheat, previous to
thrashing, MARSHALL Rur. Earn. (1789); BAYLIS Illus. Dial.
(1870) ; Glo.1 To comb off the flag, and then to cut off the ears.
Oxf.1 Women sometimes yelm, but they do not thatch. Brks.1
Bdf. This operation consists in throwing water over the straw and
drawing it forcibly under one's foot (J.W.B.). e.An.To lay straw in
convenient quantities to be used by the thatcher,or forthe chaff-cutter,
MORTON Cydo. Agric. ( 1863) ; e.An.1 Suf. RAINBIRD Agric. CiSig)
302, ed. 1814. Ess. The wheat stubbles are haulmed immediately
after harvest, MARSHALL Review (1811) I. 481. Hmp.1 Wil. Two
or three women are busy 'yelming,' i.e. separating the straw,
selecting the longest and laying it level and parallel, damping it
with water, and preparing it for the yokes, JEFFERIES Wild Life
(1879) vi ; Wil.1, Som. (W.F.R.N,
Hence (i) Haulming, vbl. sb. the process of preparing
straw for thatching ; (a) Yelbener, sb. one who prepares
straw for the thatcher.
(i) Bdf. Which, added to the cutting, makes the whole expense
of haulming2s. 30!. per acre, BATCHELOR Agric. (1813) 108. n.Wil.
(W.C.P.) (2) Nhp.1
8. To pull up stubble.
e.Yks. Wee have beene forced to hawme wheat and rye stubble
and therewith to thatch our stacks, BEST Rur. Econ. (1642) 60.
9. To reap peas or beans with a hook. s.Not. (J.P.K.)
[1. Halm or stobyl, stipula, Prompt. ON. halmr, straw
(VIGFUSSON). 4. OE. healm, stem of grass, stalk of a plant
(B.T.).]
HAULM, see Hawm, sb.
HAULY-CAULY, sb. Mid. Slang. Also in forms
auly-cauly, auly-crauly w.Mid. ; hawley-auley Slang.
The name of a game at ball ; see below.
w.Mid. One player throws the ball upon the sloping roof of a
building, at the same time calling out, ' Hauly-cauly (boy's name).'
If the boy named can catch the ball before it touches the ground
he throws it up again and calls upon someone else to do likewise;
but if not, he picks it up and throws it at one of the others, who
scatter to avoid being hit. Any boy he may hit has to pay a
penalty, which he incurs himself if he misses. At the end of the
game those who have incurred penalties must place one of their
hands against the wall and allow one of the others to throw at it
once for each penalty they have incurred. Formerly very popular
in this neighbourhood (W.P.M.). Slang. A game played in
Commoners [Winchester College]. It was played with a red
india-rubber ball. As far as I know the game consisted in the boy
who got possession of the ball selecting another boy whom he
tried to hit with it, the object of the latter being either to escape
the ball when thrown at him, or to catch it, SHADWELL Wyke-
hamical Slang (1859-1864).
HAUM, see Hame, sb.1, Haulm.
HAUMER, HAUMPUS, HAUMSHOCH, see Hammer,
sb.1, Hamble, Hamshoch.
HAUNCH,?;.1 Lin. To fondle, pet. (HALL.)
HAUNCH, v.2 Lakel.2 To throw. See Hainch, v. 4.
HAUNCH, see Hanch, v.
HAUNGE, v. Lin. To hover about waiting to seize
anything that turns up. Cf. hanch, v.
m.Lin. That greedy hulks of a feller was haunging about at the
club feast waatin' for owt he could laa' hands on (T.H.R.).
HAUNGE, HAUNIE, see Hunch, sb.1, Handy, sb.1
HAUNT, v. and sb. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Chs. Der.
Not. Hmp. Som. Also in form hant Sc. (JAM. Suppl.)
N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 e.Dur.1 Cum. n.Yks.4 e.Yks. [h)9nt, h)ant,
h)ant] 1. v. To accustom, habituate ; used re/I., or in
pass, to become accustomed to.
Nhb. We let her oot ower suin; afore she'd getten hanted
(R.O. H.) ; Aa wasn't reel hanted wid, an hadn't getten the way,
HALDANE His Other Eye (1880) 3; Nhb.1 Cum.4 'To be haunted
to a place," said principally in reference to cattle. n.Yks.1 2
ne.Yks.1 Ah s'all nivver git hanted ti t'job. e.Yks.1 He'll seean get
maisther o' deeahin on't, if he'll hant his-sen tiv it, MS. add.
(T.H.I m.Yks.1
2. To practise. Sc. FRANCISQUE-MICHEL Lang. (1882) 366.
3. To frequent, resort to ; to visit frequently, to pester
with one's company.
s.Sc. The blaeberry bank where we haunted langsyne, WATSON
Bards (1859) 7. Lnk. They observed the bulk of them so immoral
and profane, that they were ashamed to haunt their company,
WODROW Ch. Hist. (1721) I. 335, ed. 1828. Rxb. Canty we might
be, Did nae she haunt me like a de'il About my dear rappee,
WiLSON/V»*s;i824)2o. Cum.lt hantit o'roundaboutScallowbeck
steann, DICKINSON Scallow Beck (1866) 1. 8. n.Yks.2 He haunts
t'yal-house ; n.Yks.4 He's awlus sumwheear nigh at hand, All's
fairly hanted wi' t'lad. s.Chs.1 A person is haunted with a subject
when he has it continually brought before his notice. nw.Der.1
Said of an ailment or disease, which attacks any one periodically.
s.Not. 'E uster to reglar haunt me; ah hed to fall out wee 'im
(J.P.K.).
Hence Hauntskip, sb. a place of resort.
Abd. The evil spirit took up a hauntskip in the folk's peat neuk,
MILNE Sags. (1871) 89.
4. To cause animals to resort to a certain spot.
Hmp.1 To haunt pigs or cattle in the New Forest, is to accustom
them to repair to a certain spot, by throwing down beans or fodder
there when they are first turned out.
5. To provide a haunt for.
Ayr. For haunting drucken groups, On Sabbath days, FISHER
Poems (1790) 66.
6. sb. A custom, practice, habit.
Sc. Ye'll ne'er turn an auld cat fra ill hants QAM. Sup/>l.\ N.Cy.1
' At your aud hants,' at your old habits. Nhb. Aa'd getten canny
inte the hant o' weerin' me new blinker, HALDANE His Other Eye
(1880) 6 ; Nhb.1 e.Dur.1 He has a nasty hant of doing that.
n.Yks.12, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. He's getten a hant o' scrattin' his heead
when he's talkin' ti yan, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Nov. 4, 1893) ; Os
az gotten a hant o she-in [The horse has got a trick of shying]
(Miss A.). m.Yks.1 s.Chs.1 Ahy)shl aav warn urn of ekspek'tin
thing-z brau-t urn frum maa-rkit, els dhi)n gy'et u au-nt on it [I
shall have wane 'em off expectin' things brought 'em from market,
else they'n get a haunt on it]. Som. They have such a haunt of
mooching (W.F.R.).
7. Obs. Phr. to get haunt of, to go among.
e.Yks. They shoulde not gette haunt of the wheate and rye,
BEST Rur. Econ. (1641) 72.
HAUNTY, adj. Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Stf. Nhp. War. Wor.
Glo. Also in form hanty N.Cy.12 Nhb.1 Wanton, unruly!
full of spirit, mettlesome ; excited, frisky, gen. used of horses.
n.Cy. BAILEY (1721); GROSE (1790); N.Cy.1 ; N.Cy.2 Spoken
of a horse or the like when provender pricks him. Nhb.1 Stf.
NORTHALL Flk-Phr. (1894). s.Stf. I should think yo'm haunty,
olliprancin' about like that, PINNOCK Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Nhp.1
Playful, without being vicious ; applied almost exclusively to cows.
War. B'hant Wkly. Post (June 10, 1893) ; War.1 As applied to a
horse, it conveys the idea of his being so from overfeeding and
too much rest. Not synonymous with restive ; War.28 Wor.,
Glo. NORTHALL Flk-Phr. (1894).
HAUNTY, see Hanty.
HAUP
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HAUP, v. Obs. Sc. To limp.
He cam hauping on ae foot, KINLOCH Ballads (1837) 19.
HAUP, HAUPS, HAUR, see Hap, v.23, Hawps, Haar,
sb.1', Har(r.
HAURK, v. Sc. In imp. used by huntsmen as an
encouragement to the foxhounds ; see below.
Gall. A term much used by Sc. fox-hunters when the hounds
find the scent of Reynard in one of his keeps, or challenge him.
The hunter . . . bawls down to ' Haurk to him, haurk to him, ye
wee blasties ' ; so in defiance of the tusks of the fox they seize on
and drag out the crafty villain, MACTAGGART Encycl. (1834).
HAURL, HAURN, see Harl(e, v., Harden, v.
HAURRAGE, sb. Sc. A blackguard crew of people.
Cf. harriage.
Sc. FRANCISQUE-MICHEL Lang. (1882) 179. Gall. MACTAGGART
Encycl. (1834).
HAUSE, HAUSLET, see Halse.s&SHawse, v.1, Haslet.
HAUSS-SPANG, sb. Or.I. An iron rod of a plough.
[It] surrounds the beam and handle of the Orcadian plough at
the place where the one is morticed into the other (JAM.) ; S. fc Ork.1
HAUST, see Hoast, sb.1
HAUT, v.1 and sb. Sc. 1. v. To limp ; to hop. Cld.,
Slk. (JAM.)
Hence Hauter, sb. one who can hop. Cld. (ib.)
2. sb. The act of limping, a hop. Cld. (ib.)
3. Phr. (i) haut, stap, an' loup, a hop, skip, and a jump ;
(2) — stride and loup, a very short distance, a ' step.'
(i) ib. (a) Slk. It's nae gate ava to Gorranberry, a mere haut-
stride and loup, HOGG Tales (1838) 619, ed. 1866.
HAUT, v? Obs. Sc. To gather with the fingers, as
one collects stones with a garden-rake ; in phr. to haut the
kirn, to take off all the butter.
Slk. He steal't the key, and hautit the kirn, HOGG Jacobite Relics
(ed. 1874) I. 96; (JAM.)
HAUT, see Holt, sb.1, Hot(t.
HAUTER, HAUV(E, see Halter, Half, Halve.
HAUVE, s6. Stf. Hrf. Rdn. [9V.] The haft or handle
of an axe or pick.
n.Stf. (J.T.), Hrf.1 Rdn. MORGAN Wds. (1881).
HAUVE, v.1 Yks. Der. Not. Lin. Also written hawve
Lin.1 ; and in forms aauve, arv(e Yks. ; auve w.Yks.2
s.Not. Lin. ; awve sw.Lin.1 ; haave n.Yks. ; half Yks. ;
harv n.Yks.14 ne.Yks.1 ; harve n.Yks.2; hoave e.Yks.1 ;
horve nw.Der.1 Not.3 ; howve Der.1 ; orve w.Yks.2 Not.2
[§v.] Of horses: to turn to the left towards the driver;
gen. used as an int. : a carter's or ploughman's command
to his team. Also usedyTg-.
Yks. 'Aauve the cum hither,' followed by the name of the horse
which the driver wishes to bear towards himself on the left
(G.W.W.) ; MORTON Cyclo. Agric. (1863). n.Yks. Gen. used in
full form, ' Haave, come here ! ' (R.H.H.) ; n.Yks.1 Replaces the
older word ' hait ' ; n.Yks.2 ' She will nowther jee nor harve,' will
not turn one way or the other; said of a stubborn woman (s.v.
Jee) ; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, w.Yks.12 Der.1 In modified use.
nw.Der.1, Not. (J.H.B.) Not.2 In rare use. The more common
word is 'boc'; Not.8 'Orve again. s.Not. Gen. used with some adv.,
as 'up,' 'ower,' 'again,' 'then' (J.P.K.). Lin. BROWN Lit. Laur.
(1890) 64 ; Lin.1 n.Lin. SUTTON Wds. (1881) ; n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1
They have to take care in awving and gee-ing [turning round at
the end of the furrows in ploughing].
Hence Hoave-gee or -gee wohop, int. a call to a horse
to go straight forward. e.Yks.1
HAUVE, v? Yks. Lin. Also written hawve e.Yks. ;
hoave n.Yks.1* e.Yks.1; hove e.Yks.1 w.Yks.; oave
m.Yks.1 [§v.] 1. To stare, to gaze vacantly or in
astonishment. See Awf.
Yks. What are ye hauvin' an' gauvin' at ? MACQUOID Doris
Barugh (1877) xxxiii. n.Yks.1 ; n.Yks.2 What are you hauving
at t n.Yks.4, m.Yks.1, n-Lin.1
Hence (i) Hauven, sb. a lout, a coarse rude fellow; (2)
Hauvenish, adj. loutish ; (3) Hauving, ppl. adj. simple-
wilted, foolish, clownish ; (4) -gam, sb. a stupid person ;
(5) Hauvish , adj., see (3); (6) Hauvison, (7) Hauvy,
(8) Hauvy-gauvy, sb. a simpleton ; a clownish, awkward
person.
(i, a) n.Un.» (3) n.Yks.', m.Yks.1 (4) e.Yks.1 (5) n.Yks.14
w.Yks. He's up to o sooarts o hoveish wark. It's nobbut one ov
his hovish speyks [i.e. remarks] (D.L.): w.Yks.1 (6) n.Yks.2,
m.Yks.1 (7) m.Yks.1 (8) n.Yks. (T.S.), n.Yks.124, ne.Yks.l
e.Yks. What a hawvy-gawvy Sammy-Codlin sooat ov a chap oor
Jack is, NICHOLSON Flk-Sp. (1889) 90; e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.)
mYks.1,w.Yks.2's
2. To walk blunderingly or stupidly.
e.Yks.1 Giles hoav'd inti wrang shop, an' Roger hoav'd eftcr him.
HAUVE, HAUVER, see Haaf, sb.1, Haver, sb.'
HAUX, v. Hrf.2 To stroll.
Where are you hauxing off to ?
HAV, see Haw, sb.1
HAVAGE, sb. Dev. Cor. Also written haveage.
[ae'vidg.] Race, lineage, family stock.
Dev. Both the father and mother being pure North- Devoners,
and claiming descent from two good old county families, they were
proud of the ' haveage ' to which they belonged, Mem. Rev. J.
Russell (1883) vi ; Dev.1 Her come vrom a good havage — the very
daps of her mother, 7. n.Dev. 'E'm too good haveage vor'n by
haff, ROCK Jim an' Nell (1867) St. 87. nw.Dev.1 He kom'th of a
good havage. Cor. I'd like my old bones to be carr'd home to
Came, an' laid to rest 'long wi' my haveage, ' Q.' Troy Town (1888)
xix ; A comprehensive word, applied to the lineage of a person ;
his family, and companions with whom it is natural for him to
associate. It thus marks the race from which he has sprung and
his station in society, N. &-• Q. (1854) ist S. x. 318-9 ; The havage
of my family wain't be easy for to find, J. TRENOODLE Spec. Dial.
(1846) 9; Cor.1 The children of a family of ill repute are said to
be ' o' bad havage ' ; Cor.2
HAVANCE, sb. Obs. Sc. Dev. Also written havence
Frf. Manners, behaviour. Cf. havings.
Frf. Now ilka lad does taunt her wi' her havence, MORISON
Poems (1790) 151. Dev. GROSE (1790) ; (HALL.)
HAVE, v. and sb. Van dial, forms and uses in Sc. Irel.
Eng. and Amer. I. Dial, forms. 1. Indicative Mood,
Present Tense, i. Simple Affirmative.
Sc. Aa hae or haev, hey hass, wey hae or haev ; contracted forms :
aa've, hey's, wey've, MURRAY Dial. (1873) 219; Hez, ELLIS
Pronunc. ( 1889) 684. Sh.I. The ill-vicked coo haes short horns,
SPENCE Fit Lore (1899) 229; A'm heard o' nae rot yit, S/i. News
(Oct. 7, 1899) ; Da tatties ... is been lack braed, ib. ; Ye're
shurely brunt dis broth folk, ib. (Dec. 16, 1899) ; Dere am I lost
mi coont, ib. [For other dial, uses of 'be' for 'have,' see Be,
VIII. 4.] Doo haes, s.h(i's tell'd, ye hae, ib. ; Ye 'a, ib. (Aug. 27,
1898). Or.I. Du hiz, ELLIS ib. 796. Cat.1 I hiv; he, hid his; we,
&c. hiv ; 'e man his ; "e men hiv. Bnff.1 He hiz as ... hang-dog-
like a leuck's iver I saw (s.v. Hang-dog") ; He's taen,iA. 21. e.Sc.
I've been feeared for this, SETOUN R. Urquhart (1896) xxv ; The
loon an' you's been aye haein bits o' sharries, ib. viii; Hae, hiv
[have], his [has] (G.W.V Frf. I hiv or hae ; he, it his; we, &c.
hiv or hae ; the man his a hoose ; the men hiv hooses (J.B.).
w.Frf., e.Per. Ai'v, emph. ai hev; 'e, at hez, emph. hi, et hez;
wa, &c. hev, emph. wi hev ; Sa men hez or hev husaz (W.A.C).
n.Ayr. I ha'e or hiv; he his; we, &c. hae or hiv (J.F.). Rxb. Iv
[you havel, ELLIS 16.714; haez, ib. 717; Oo've [we have] nae
need o' sodgers' claes, MURRAY Hawick Sngs. (1892) 31. Dinf.
We hae goods, SHENNAN Talcs (1831) 43. Wgt. I've, I hiv or hae ;
thou'st ; he his, he's ; we've, we, &c. hiv or hae; the men hiv or
hae houses (A.W.). Ant. A hae ; he haes ; we, &c. hae ( W.J. K.).
n.Ldd. I have ; he, it h£s ; we, &c. have orhev (A.J.T.). Wxf.1 Obs.
Cha, for ich ha [I have]. n.Cy. I han, GROSE (1790) ; N.Cy.1 Hes,
ban pi. Nhb. Simple: Aa'v, thoo'st, hee'z, it'z; stressed: aa he*
or hev ; thoo, he, it hez. Simple : We, &c. *v ; stressed : we, &c.
he' or hev ; the men he' hoozes. The forms he" and hev are used,
the former when a consonant follows—' Aa he' nowt to gi' ye ' ;
the latter when it is followed by a vowel or ' h ' mute — ' Aa hev
on'y sixpence; aa hev 'im noo' (R.O.H.) ; Hest [hast], ib. ;
Whot isnt gyud that the minister hes ? RICHARDSON Borderer's
Table-bt. (1846) VIII. 201 ; The hens, poor things, hes nowt,
ROBSON Evangeline (1870^ 320. Dur. A he, hev ; dhu, hi hez ; wi
hev; hi hest [he has it], ELLIS ib. 618 ; Dur.1 Hev, hez. Cum. Ye
that hae gear, ANDERSON Ballads (ed. 1840) 57 ; Cum.1 Ah hev,
I ha'; Cum.8 I've nit sea offen hed, 3; Thou's cheatit them, ib.
40 ; I's sworry it hes, ib. 42 ; We've summat else to deu, I.
c.Cum. Ah hev ; thoo, he, it hes ; we, &c. hev ( J.A.). s.Cnm .1 hev ;
thou, he, it hez ; we, &c. hev; the men hev or hez houses (J.P.).
Cum., Wm. Av, az [I have], ELLIS ib. 569. Wm. I hae gitten a
swoap, WHEELER Dial. (1790) 113, ed. 1831 ; Sail hes hort her
heel, ib. 112. n.Win. I heve or heh ; thou, he, it hez; we, &c.
've ; the men hev or hez houses (B.K.). s.Wm. I hev or hes ;
thoo, he, it hes; we, &c. hev. Also the abbreviated forms 's, 've:
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I's gitten ; thoo's, he's, we've, ye've, they've gitten (J.M.). n.Yks.
Ah hev a_paper, CASTILLO Poems (1878) 42; Az [I have], ELLIS
ib. 504 ; AV a lot a biznis (W.H.) ; Thou hez meead my heart
glad! TWEDDELL Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 34; It's ommest deed
away, ib. a; Yah hea neea wealth, ib. 42; n.Yks.1 Ah's bin
chassin' t'harras, 95 ; Thou's getten a sair clash, ib. 102 ; He's
getten t'farm, ib. 29; They've getten fairly agate, ib. 3; n.Yks.2
Hae, hev [have]; hez [has]. ne.Yks.1 Ah a'e, ev, or Ve ; thoo
ez, es, or 'z ; he ez or 'z ; we, &c. a'e, ev, or've, 30. e.Yks. Az or
av dian [I have done!, ELLIS ib. 504 ; I 'ev, (e') ; thoo, he, it 'ez ;
we, &c. 'ev (e') ; the men 'ev, e', or'ez houses (R.S.) ; Hey [has],
MARSHALL Rur. Econ. (1788) ; e.Yks.1 I hev or hez ; thoo, he hez ;
we, &c. hev. m.Yks.1 Aa ev ; dhoo, ey ez ; wey, &c. ev; aa' ez'
is freq. heard for ' I have,' Introd. 47. w.Yks. Aiv, av, iv; Saz,
Caz ; iz ; wlv ; ylv ; Seav, Sev, WRIGHT Gram. Wndhll. (1892)
154 ; The plural forms wlv, &c. are only used in comb, with
personal pronouns, in other cases we use ez, az, z, s, just as in
the second and third pers. s., ib. 156; At hez him near two hands
in height, LUCAS Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 258 ; We'n a wooden
ax somewhere, Gossips, 18 ; Here yo'n been spendin all, ib. 12;
Ahr voines hae tender grapes, ROGERS Sng. Sol. (1860) ii. 15;
w.Yks.1 I've [I have] ; ha, hay, hev orhey [have] ; hes [has] ; han
[they have] ; w.Yks.2 I ha but sixpence; they han ; w.Yks.3 We
han him. Much used for pi. ; w.Yks.4 Han pi. ; w.Yks.5 He's
gotten 't; hehestu. Lan.l'n been clean again, KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH
Scarsdale (1860) I. 94 ; I han got no money, GASKELL M. Barton
(1848) vi ; He's etten all t'goose, WAUGH Heather (ed. Milner) I.
90; ' Han 'gen. becomes shortened into ''n,' when preceded by
the personal pronouns. We'n better i' th' heawse. Yo'n, they'n,
GASKELL Lectures Dial. (1854) 25 ; Yoan hameh [have my] sneeze
urn, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (1740) 29; Theer yo' han him pinned,
BRIERLEY Old Radicals, 6; Lan.1 Han pi. • we'n, we'en, yo'n.
e.Lan.1 Han//, so. Lan. Aw've ; theaw'st or theaw's ; he, it 's;
we, &c. 'n or han ; th' mon's getten a heawse ; th' men have
getten heawses (F.E.T.). s.Lan. Aw've; thea's or thea has ; he's;
we. &c. 've or we han ; th' mon's getten a house (S.W.) ; Ez, az
[has], ELLIS ib. 332; Ov dun [I have done], ib. 333. I.Ma. I hev,
I've; thou, he, we, 
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